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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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At any rate the fact is settled that squint can disappear spontaneously, and without the aid of convex glasses even in high degrees of hypermetropia.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

Dr. Isler in his dissertation, 'The Dependence of Strabismus on Refraction,' gives the percentage of hypermetropia in convergent squint as 88 per cent.—a great difference, which can, however, be partly accounted for.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

Asthenopia, which occurs in children in connection with hypermetropia, is nearly always accompanied by defective vision.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

Afterwards, Donders sought to explain the occurrence of convergent strabismus in emmetropia by paresis of accommodation, which must indeed, according to his theory, produce the same result as hypermetropia.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

On both sides apparent emmetropia or very slight hypermetropia, acuity of vision on left side 5/9, on the right 5/18, ophthalmoscopic diagnosis of refraction was impossible on account of restless fixation.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.




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