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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
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WEAK
nearsightedness


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Those cases deserve particular mention, in which it remained doubtful whether hypermetropia of slight degree or emmetropia was present.

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

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 Schweigger, C.

On the left, with the ophthalmoscope hypermetropia 4ยท5 D. with asymmetric meridian.

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

It cannot be denied that the relation existing between convergent strabismus and hypermetropia may be as Donders represents it; the only question is, whether it really is so.

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

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 Schweigger, C.