Ebook: The Naked Eye : How the revolution of laser surgery has unshackled the human eye
Author: Sutton Gerard, Lawless Michael
- Tags: Eye -- Diseases -- Handbooks manuals etc., Lasers in surgery., Ophthalmologic emergencies -- Handbooks manuals etc., Eye -- Diseases., Ophthalmologic emergencies.
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: AKA Publishing
- City: Melbourne
- Language: English
- epub
Of the five senses, vision is the most astonishing. This is how we weave our way through the world. And although the eye has evolved over millions of years to give us crystal clear vision, it is a modern day phenomenon that, in evolutionary terms, our eyesight is going backwards. Due to presbyopia, we are now dependent on reading glasses for half our lives. In parts of East Asia up to 90% of school leavers are now Read more...
Abstract: Of the five senses, vision is the most astonishing. This is how we weave our way through the world. And although the eye has evolved over millions of years to give us crystal clear vision, it is a modern day phenomenon that, in evolutionary terms, our eyesight is going backwards. Due to presbyopia, we are now dependent on reading glasses for half our lives. In parts of East Asia up to 90% of school leavers are now short-sighted. This has been attributed to work, study and lifestyle factors as well as the ageing of the population. And whilst we all know there have been some amazing advances in