Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 194 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1548 g
Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 194 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1548 g
ISBN: 978-1-84076-118-4
Verlag: Wiley John + Sons
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Weitere Infos & Material
The Ophthalmic Examination and AnamnesisOphthalmic PharmacologyBasic Ocular PathologyProblem Based Management of Ocular EmergenciesPrinciples of Ophthalmic SurgeryOrbit and GlobeEyelidsConjunctiva and the Third EyelidThe Lacrimal SystemCornea and ScleraAnterior Uvea and Anterior ChamberGlaucomaLensVitreous and RetinaPresumed Inherited Ocular DiseaseAppendix 1- Breed Dispositions to Eye Disease in DogsAppendix 2 - The Ocular and Adnexal Relationship to MedicineAppendix 3 - Glossary
This text is not meant as an encyclopedic answer to all
veterinary ophthalmology questions, but rather to cover
the vast majority of questions which are likely to arise in
veterinary practice. The intent is not to make specialists
out of all who read this text, but to help the generalists
to make better informed decisions regarding their
patients. That information may allow the practitioner to
handle the problem with more confidence, refer the
patient with a better workup in a more timely manner, or
may simply allow more accurate client education
regarding an ocular condition or treatment.
While a small number of ophthalmologists feel they
should see all patients with eye problems, the reality is
that the general practitioner can competently manage a
variety of ocular conditions if well informed. The
difficult part for all of us is to realize when we need
additional help. Having worked in a referral institution
my entire career, I have come to realize the best referrals
come from the best informed general practitioners.
Dogma regarding clinical conditions becomes easily
established, often without good scientific validation. At
times the busy practitioner may find more information in
this book than he/she wanted to know about a subject. I
realize that we are all looking for one or two sentence
answers to all of our questions, but it is also important
to point out deficiencies in our knowledge or point out
conflicting views of which the reader may not be aware.
It is frightening to realize how little hard data are avail -
able in clinical veterinary medicine. We are reminded of
this by our clients who daily ask specific questions which
we cannot answer. The latest journal article or the most
recent continuing education program does not
automatically take precedence over previous data and
clinical views.
In addition, I wish to salute those many individuals
who over the years have dedicated their careers to basic
and clinical ophthalmic research and publication of
scholarly work upon whose shoulders this book rests. I
hope to have done justice to their endeavors and
apologize to any whose work of origination of data
and/or theories have inadvertently been omitted.
Lastly, I wish to thank Manson Publishing for having
enough faith in the project to pursue it to completion,
Jill Northcott for her encouragement to publish it, and
Paul Bennett and Ruth Maxwell whose meticulous
attention to detail and patience with my response to
queries in the copy editing process made the manuscript
infinitely better.
Charles L. Martin
