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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
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Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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As a rule preponderance of the interni in hypermetropia leads eventually to convergent squint even in childhood.

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

According to Donders all these furnish a reason why, in existing hypermetropia, binocular fixation should be abandoned and convergent strabismus developed.

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

Donders declares no other conclusion to be possible, than this, that the hypermetropia is the cause of the squint.

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

The theory of Donders that squint is less frequent in hypermetropia of high degree because too strong convergence would not suffice to furnish clear retinal images, is scarcely tenable in the face of such cases.

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

Finally it must be added, that if the ophthalmoscopic estimation of refraction is to be exact, mydriasis by atropine is required, when, as is known, even emmetropic eyes may show a slight degree of hypermetropia.

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




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