Optometry

Optometry is the branch of medicine that deals with the health of and problems with people's eyes. Optometrists specialize in refractive errors like myopia and hyperopia, for which they can prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenss. Optometry also includes the diagnosing and treatment of eye diseases like glaucoma or double vision.

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Optometry Media

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  Medical test with a slit lamp

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  An optometrist examining the eyes of a patient with a slit lamp biomicroscope

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  Page 423 from "A treatise on the eye, the manner and phaenomena of vision" by William Porterfield, Published 1759 in Edinburgh. In this book the word "optometer" appears for the first time.

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  A non-mydriatic Topcon retinal camera

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  Fundoscopy by using 90 diopter lens with the slit lamp

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  A technician at Aviano Air Base Optometry Clinic measures the intraocular pressure of a patient with a handheld tonometer, July 7, 2015.