Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Elementary Ophthalmic Optics
The aim of this book is to set forth, in a clear and simple manner, those portions of Physical and Geometrical Optics which I consider essential to the medical student beginning his Ophthalmic studies. No one recognizes more fully than I do that the proper province of the ophthalmic surgeon is to treat diseases of the eye; but in order that he may do so with success it is necessary that he should have a competent knowledge of the organ of vision from a physical stand-point.
It is hoped that this small manual will form a suitable and easy introduction to such knowledge. The subject of Physiological Optics is not discussed, since that branch of ophthalmic study is, as a rule, sufficiently explained in text-books dealing with diseases of the eye. My endeavour has been to give in one volume all the information necessary for the beginner, and therefore I have placed in the introduction those parts of plane trigonometry which he requires.
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