Main description:

This textbook is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of all aspects of Optometry, including colour vision, eye disease, low vision, binocular vision, orthoptics, contact lenses, spectacle lenses, ocular anatomy and physiology, geometrical and physical optics, optometric techniques, visual fields, occupational optometry, therapeutics and optometric law. Arranged in a convenient A-Z format, it will be an invaluable reference source for the busy practitioner as well as a useful study aid for students new to the field.

• Quick-reference A-Z format
• Extensively illustrated in colour throughout
• Hundreds of terms and definitions
• Thorough explanations enhanced by line diagrams and tables for ready reference
• Comprehensively cross referenced
• Useful appendices including optometric and contact lens grading scales
• Edited by an acclaimed optometric author and educator
• Extensive contributions from leading authorities in the field
  

Contents:

A-Z Listing

Appendices

• A. Reported ocular side effects of selected systemically administered drugs
• B. Optometric grading scales
• C. Efron grading scales for contact lens complications
• D. Vertex distance correction
• E. Extended keratometer range conversion
• F. Corneal curvature - corneal power conversion
• G. Contact lens manufacturing tolerances
• H. Contact lens terms, symbols and abbreviations