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For people who start losing their vision to macular degeneration, the prospect of impending blindness is frightening and terribly depressing. They often get contradictory advice about surgery, medical treatments, natural supplements and lifestyle changes that might arrest or reverse the condition - and these conflicting recommendations only compound their anxiety. This book casts the spotlight on macular degeneration and dispels the myths surrounding this disease. MACULAR DEGENERATION offers a...

'Sacks is rightly renowned for his empathy . . . anyone with a taste for the exotic will find this beautifully written book highly engaging' - Sunday Times Always fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated community of islanders born totally colour-blind; and to Guam, where he investigates a puzzling paralysis endemic there for a century. Along the way, he re-encounters the beautiful, primitive island cycad trees - and...

Developed at Philadelphia’s world-renowned Wills Eye Hospital, the Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology series covers the most clinically relevant aspects of ophthalmology in a highly visual, easy-to-use format. Vibrant, full-color photos and a consistent outline structure present a succinct, high-yield approach to the seven topics covered by this popular series: Cornea, Retina, Glaucoma, Oculoplastics, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, and Uveitis. This in-depth, focused approach m...

Retinal and Choroidal Vascular Diseases of the Eye explores a variety of retinal and choroidal vascular diseases, covering their pathogenesis, clinical features, and management strategies. The book begins with an outline of the basic features of retinal and choroidal vasculature before moving on to imaging techniques. Chapters then delve into specific diseases and abnormalities, as well as vascular diseases that are associated with systemic inflammatory diseases. The book then moves onto conside...

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

This volume contains key papers that document the initial probing of the limits of subnanosecond pulses and the resulting discoveries of nonlinear effects. The papers tell the story of effects previously thought to be impossible to produce in tissue. If you read all the references carefully, you will see the studies evolve from speculation to experimentation to theory, and culminate in policy recommendations.

Containing over 250 illusions and visual oddities from all over the world, this marvellously fascinating book requires more participation than just reading to really appreciate it. Sometimes you will need to cross your eyes, bring the book to your nose, hold it away from you, even wiggle it slightly - the variations are endless. Each illusion is accompanied by explanatory text which will educate as well as entertain the reader.

Dozens of new clinical cases, enlarged photographs, new abstracts and algorithms, and more make the 4th Edition of Local Flaps in Facial Reconstruction your state-of-the-art resource for achieving optimal results for the full range of facial flap procedures. It offers detailed visual guidance and unmatched expertise from prominent surgeons in otolaryngology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, and dermatology, reflecting the multi-specialty nature of this dynamic field. Full-color clinical photograp...

"Sehen und Erkennen" ist ein anspruchvolles Fachbuch aus dem Bereich der medizinischen Optik, der Psychophysik und verwandter Fachgebiete. Dr. Rainer Roehler, von 1970 bis 1992 Professor fur Physik am Institut fur medizinische Optik der Universitat Munchen, beschreibt hier erstmals zusammenhangend die modernen Methoden der Psychophysik. Ausgehend von den physikalischen und signaltheoretischen und weiter uber die physiologischen und psychophysikalischen Grundlagen fuhrt er den Leser anhand beispi...

"Filled with compiling ideas for living well with vision loss from macular disease, this book's positive, take-charge approach provides encouragement to both the newly diagnosed and those at later stages of their disease by showing ways to compensate for their declining sight. Featuring photos of special lighting and other aids and insight from the author's own personal experience with low vision, this oversized handbook is ideally formatted for readers with vision loss by employing the use of l...

Bates Method made simple with graphics and charts A massmarket new eye fitness manual which aims at restoring vision. Based on the enormously popular Bates Method, the book is a large format, filled with 'Magic Eye' type charts and graphics to help exercise the muscles of the eye. The author, who successfully restored her own failing eyesight with this method, considers 'vision fitness' as important a part of a healthy lifestyle as aerobic exercise or a balanced diet. She explains: * how the e...

This is the fifth volume in the Vancouver Studies of Cognitive Science Series, an interdisciplinary series bringing together topics of interest to psychologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and linguists. Perception covers the problem of depth perception, the interaction of perception and memory, the perception of time, and principles of vision. All chapters focus on fundamental questions about the nature of visual perception.

Clinical Orthoptics has become established as a basic reference text providing fundamental information on anatomy, innervation and orthoptic investigation, plus diagnosis and management of strabismus, ocular motility and related disturbances. It is aimed at trainee ophthalmologists and orthoptic undergraduate students. Qualified orthoptists, general ophthalmologists and optometrists will also find valuable guidance in these pages. In this edition, the author has maintained the goal of producing...

Neurology of Vision and Visual Disorders, Volume 178 in the Handbooks of Neurology series provides comprehensive summaries of recent research on the brain and nervous system. This volume reviews alterations in vision that stem from the retina to the cortex. Coverage includes content on vision and driving derived from the large amount of time devoted in clinics to determining who is safe to drive, along with research on the interplay between visual loss, attention and strategic compensations that...