The Little Eye Book: A Pupil's Guide to Understanding Ophthalmology

About this book

The Little Eye Book: A Pupils Guide to Understanding Ophthalmology is an easy-to-understand introduction to the field of eye care. This book is written with the non-physician in mind so you wont be bogged down with heavy details yet every basic fact that you need is right here. With photographs as well as drawings and helpful tables and charts this conversational-style text packs a big punch. Beginning with an illustrated description of ocular anatomy the book sweeps you into the workings of vision with hardly a blink where youll learn what happens when light meets the eye. But life is never perfect and sometimes the eye isnt either. Youll get a good overview of disorders and trauma from lids to optic nerves. The all-important red eye has a section all its own including symptoms signs whats an emergency and whats not. A chapter on eye symptoms and their potential causes will help you understand patients complaints. Now you will finally understand how the eye works without spending hours trying to get through an overwhelming medical book. Need to know how to take a history check vision or pupils or give someone eye medications? Its in here! Wonder what special testing is available? We tell you! Have questions about surgery or medical treatment? Yep we covered that too and more! The Little Eye Book: A Pupils Guide to Understanding Ophthalmology is perfect for anyone who works in the eye care industry or with patients but isnt an ophthalmologist.