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Download or read book The American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1888, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1888, Vol. 5 At the time of examination by M. Adams both eyes were normal in all respects, the excursions of each separately, were perfect and all the associated movements equally good. She declared that with the right eye she saw two distinct images of a pencil held at twenty inches, separated by an interval of some inches and on the same plane. He further adds that he has since seen a little boy with a high degree of myopia who claimed to be the subject of the same phenomenon. It is definitely stated, however, that this phenomenon was observed in the right eye only when the left was closed. No statement is made, however, as to Whether the closure of the non-affected eye in the woman's case was necessary to develop the phenomenon. The boy is said to have perceived images of double the number of small objects such as coins that were placed before him, only, however, when the left eye was closed. Mr. Adams, erroneously I think, supposed that with a prism placed base upwards or downwards before the non-affected eye the boy should have, if he were not simulating, seen three objects instead of two. He sums up his remarks by saying that up to the present time (1881) he had never met with a case in which uniocular diplopia, in an eye that was physically perfect, was alleged to exist except under circumstances where there was strong ground for doubting the validity of the patient's statements. It would have been pertinent to have asked if Mr. Adams had ever before seen a case in which uniocular diplopia was claimed without lesion of the affected eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.