Download or read book The Ophthalmoscope, Vol. 5: A Monthly Review of Current Ophthalmology; April 1, 1907 (Classic Reprint) written by Sydney Stephenson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ophthalmoscope, Vol. 5: A Monthly Review of Current Ophthalmology; April 1, 1907 My reply to the second question is emphatically in the negative for any skilful surgeon. I have operated on about cataracts, and may therefore Claim to have met with most of the common complications that embarrass the ophthalmic surgeon. I can only say that, weighing, on the one hand, the dangers of couching, and, on the other, the so-called indications for its performance, I can think of no conditions which would lead me to undertake an operation which I regard both as unscientific and as opposed to the dictates of sound surgery. I am aware that this can Claim to be nothing more than an expression of opinion, but this opinion has not been lightly formed. For many years past, I have watched the couchers' results, keeping constantly before me the views of those who differ so widely from me on this question, and my conclusions have been arrived at, after very carefully weighing all sides of a question which I have felt to be of no small importance to those who practise eye-surgery in the East. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.