Refraction and How to Refract, Excerpt

How to Use the Ophthalmoscope. -There are two ways or methods by which the ophthalmoscope may be used -the direct and the indirect. The Direct Method (see Fig. 80). -Proficiency with the ophthalmoscope does not come except from long and constant practice, and several important matters should receive very careful attention before the student attempts to study the interior of any eye. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston