Contact Lenses, Part 1

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Anthony John Phillips, Lynne Speedwell
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997 - Medical - 889 pages
A joint English/Australian account of every facet of contact lens practice--from the history of contact lenses, anatomy and physiology of the cornea, contact lens material, and drugs and solutions and related microbiology, to practical optics and computer design of contact lenses, clinical instrumentation, contact lens fitting, patient management, bifocal and multifocal contact lenses, and contact lenses in abnormal ocular conditions. Features new to the fourth edition include a section on orthokeratology, a comprehensive formula section which can be programmed into scientific calculators and computers, and a CD-ROM which contains a desktop contact lens calculator and programs for lens design, analysis, and selection. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Contents

The history of contact lenses
1
Anatomy and physiology of the cornea
26
Contact lens materials
50
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