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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT SIGHT»
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The provocative and ambitious compete, awash in a sea of beautiful people -- their thirst for fame prey for others' greed.And underlying the palpable surface tension is a far more chilling second agenda...one that no one can possibly ...
2
Short Sight, Long
Sight and Astigmatism: An Elementary Guide ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Frederick Helm, 2013
Britain learns the long and short of Soviet eye surgery Fyodorov in action last
week in Birmingham. His technique repairs short-sight Prospects dim for star
wars Confusion over post mortems on King's Cross victims Animals to be
patented in ...
4
On long,
short, and weak
sight and their treatment: by the ...
The same thing may occur when the lens is somewhat opaque ; thus it is well
known that lamellar cataract frequently becomes complicated with short sight.
There can be no doubt that the degree of myopia is often greatly increased
during ...
John Soelberg Wells, 1869
5
On long,
short, and weak
sight
If a person has to hold small print very near the eye, he may be suffering either
from short sight or from amblyopia, (I purposely pass over the possibility of the
presence of hypermetropia). Now if we have no concave lenses at hand, the ...
John Soelberg Wells, 1873
6
Treatment, Or Healing by True Prayer
Short Sight Doctors call this " myopia," and those who suffer from it see distent
objects indistinctly.. In this and the following complaints, unless glasses are used,
there may be a feeling of straining the sight, and even pain in the eyes. There is ...
Frederick L. Rawson, 2007
7
Science For Primary School Teachers
Short sight and long sight result from the inability of the eye to focus an image on
the retina (see Figure 14.9), often because of the shape of the eye either being
too long or too short. This can be corrected with a lens in a pair of spectacles or a
...
Gillespie, Helena, Gillespie, Rob, 2007
8
The Handbook of Road Safety Measures
A possible explanation of increased accident rates in junctions with short sight
distance or with sight obstacles is that drivers do not sufficiently adjust speed in
order to compensate for increased braking distance. This explanation is
confirmed ...
9
The Science of Imaging: An Introduction
Other eye defects not associated with ageing are short and long sight. In short
sight the eyeball is too long or the curvature of the cornea too high, resulting in
the image being focused in front of the retina; in long sight the eyeball is too short
or ...
10
The Eye Book: Eyes and Eye Problems Explained
(B) Long-sighted people have a focusing system which brings near objects into
focus behind the retina. Glasses or contact lenses are needed to make the
appropriate correction: for short sight a concave lens and for long sight a convex
lens.
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHORT SIGHT»
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Shorting Second Sight Was Short Sighted
Second Sight (EYES) shares have been on a monster ride the past two days, with a ... "Buy it on the IPO and short it in the aftermarket" showed up here, as short ... «TheStreet.com, Feb 15»
How silicone implants in my eyes cured a lifetime of short sight
Ever since I can remember I've seen the world through blurry eyes. At the age of nine I was given my first pair of clear plastic National Health spectacles and ... «Express.co.uk, Jan 14»
Wonder why you're short sighted? Having beautiful big eyes could …
Short-sightedness is not only inconvenient, though - all forms of it carry major increased risks of developing other eye diseases, some of which can even result in ... «Daily Mail, Sep 13»
Have you got 'screen sightedness'? Smartphones are causing sight …
David Allamby, Founder of Focus Clinics, says there has been a 35 per cent increase in the number of people with advancing myopia (short sightedness) since ... «Daily Mail, Aug 13»
Laser-free 'cure' for short sight
A quarter of Britons are short-sighted and the popularity of laser surgery to correct the condition has soared. A procedure involving insertion of an artificial lens ... «Independent, May 10»
No need for glasses: Bionic 'super lenses' that correct long AND …
More flexible lenses called accommodating intraocular lenses have recently hit the market but they, like laser surgery, only treat either long or short sight. «Daily Mail, Sep 08»
New laser surgery cured my long and short sight
Then a friend told me about Dr David Allamby and his new treatments to cure both long and short-sight. I was there like a shot. Dr Allamby explained the eye ... «Daily Mail, Sep 06»
