Vision and Eye Care FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions concerning vision and eye care.

This FAQ about Vision and Eye Care was compiled and written by grants@research.canon.com.au (Grant Sayer) with numerous contributions by others.

DOCUMENT: Frequently-Asked-Questions for sci.med.vision

REVISION: $Date: 2007/09/25 00:06:32 $, $Revision: 1.2 $

AUTHOR: Grant Sayer BOptomBSc

CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara La Scala, Scott Fitz, Ronald Jones, David Nelson M.D, Nathan Schwade PhD, Alex Eulenberg, Darren Berar, W.Lee Wan M.D, Robert Sekuler

COPYRIGHT: Copyright (C), 1995 Grant Sayer Permission to copy all or part of this work is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for resale (except a nominal copy fee may be charged), and provided that the AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT and NO WARRANTY sections are retained verbatim and are displayed as is. If anyone needs other permissions that aren't covered by the above please contact the author.

NO WARRANTY: THIS WORK IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES NO WARRANTY AND PROVIDES THE INFORMATION TO ASSIST UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN VISION AND EYECARE. THIS INFORMATION DOES NOT REPLACE PERSONAL EXAMINATION BY AN EYECARE PROFESSIONAL AND THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISUSE OF THIS INFORMATION. IF ANY READER HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR VISION OR HEALTH OF THEIR EYES EXAMINATION BY AN EYECARE PROFESSIONAL IS THE ONLY RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION.

AVAILABILITY: This FAQ is available from: (WWW) URL http://www.webcom.com/~optcom/ (WWW) URL: http://spectacle.berkeley.edu (Gopher) gopher://eyesite.optometry.ohio-state.edu (Ascii) email - 'grants@research.canon.oz.au'

ARCHIVES: sci.med.vision articles are currently being archived by Grant Sayer. A summary of topics will be placed on a listserver as time permits :-)

IMAGES: Some basic images (TIFF/BMP/GIF) of anatomy of the eye, diagrams of refractive problems, common eye diseases are maintained by the author. Please email for further information.