Table of Contents

Part 1: The examination of the eye: The aims; Records; Reception; Preliminary assessment; History, signs and symptoms; External eye examination; Ophthalmoscopy; Part 2: Oculo-refractive correction: Objective assessment; Keratometry; Retinoscopy; Optometers; Subjective assessment; Apertures; Spherical ametropia; Astigmatism; Near vision correction; Accommodation; Subjective; Retinoscopy; Balancing methods; Prescribing; Apparatus; Housebound and deaf patients; Part 3: Illustrative cases: The optometrist's working conditions; Previous prescriptions; The importance of retinoscopy; Subjective refraction case histories; Errors which might be avoided; Visual acuity lower than expected; Difficult cases.