Publisher's Synopsis
For this edition, the format of the rewritten eighth edition has been retained. There is an introductory chapter on the methods of the history taking and examination, and a second, setting out, on a problem-orientated basis, the differential diagnosis of the commoner symptoms presented by a patient to the general practitioner. Changes in the text reflect developments in ophthalmology in the five years since the last edition.;Emphasis continues to be placed on those conditions which a general practitioner will treat himself, and on those for which a patient may expect an informed assessment and appropriate referral. This applied particularly to the problem of diabetic retinopathy.;The book is aimed at ophthalmic nurses, orthopists, ophthalmic opticians and other concerned with the care of the visually handicapped.
