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	OPHTHALMOLOGY A Symptom-Based Approach To order this title, and for more information, click here Third Edition By Hector Chawla, MBChB(StAnd), DO(Lond), DRCOG(Lond), FRCS(Edin), FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; Examiner, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK Description A witty and painless introduction to ophthalmology, this revised third edition of Dr Chawla's popular book provides medical students with the essential core of knowledge necessary for examinations. Contents Acknolwedgements; Preface; The normal eye; A common process at work in a special organ; What patients complain about - the five symptoms; The ophthalmic ritual; Change of appearance; Pain; Watering (and discharge); Disturbance of vision; Loss of vision; The three serious causes of a red eye; Common disorders of the outer eye; Glaucoma; The cranial nerves; Nystagmus; The pupil reflexes - normal and abnormal; Double vision; The normal disc and some disc anomalies; Squint in childhood; Trauma; The vascular retinopathies; Hypertension; Diabetic retinopathy; Other vascular anomalies; Retinoblastoma; The management of refractive errors; Miscellany of words, drugs and rarities; Visual standards; Epilogue Bibliographic details Paperback, 224 pages, publication date: SEP-1999 ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-3979-8 ISBN-10: 0-7506-3979-2 Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN 049/435 Last update: 27 Sep 2008	Book contents Table of contents Reviews Submit your review Bookmark this page Recommend this publication Overview of all books