hypermetropia
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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.
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.
Further, however, I maintain that as a rule, at the age when squint usually begins, the accommodation really suffices to overcome even high degrees of hypermetropia.
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.
In hypermetropia, if one causes fixation at about 30 cm. and then covers the eye with the hand, it frequently deviates inwards.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.
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