Main description:

This essential manual covers basic clinical techniques and background that ophthalmology residents need to survive their first few months of residency. It contains practical instructions for more than 50 specific testing and examination techniques, from visual acuity examination to tonometry to scleral depression. It features more than 30 informative tables, 200 photographs/illustrations, and lists of suggested resources for more in-depth study. "Practical Ophthalmology" is an ideal complement to the medical student curriculum and a leading text for primary care residents and physicians. Fred M. Wilson II, MD, recently retired from a distinguished career in ophthalmology teaching and practice, which included the post of Professor of Ophthalmology at the Indiana University Medical Center, and consultant status at the Roudebush Veterans Administration Hospital and at Wishard Hospital.