Series foreword / Julie Silver --
1. Anatomy : eye structure and function --
2. Eye development and congenital eye problems --
Congenital eye problems --
3. Vision testing and problem treatment --
Use of dilating eye drops --
Examination of the eyes --
4. Eye glasses (spectacles) and contact lenses --
pt. 2. Common eye problems --
Foreign body sensation ("Something in the eye") --
Herpetic ocular disease --
Lumps and bumps of the eyes --
7. Strabismus (cross-eyed and wall-eyed) --
pt. 3. Age-related eye problems (Getting old ain't for sissies) --
Choices of bifocals, trifocals, etc. --
Contact lenses as an alternative in presbyopia --
11. Macular degeneration --
pt. 4. Special considerations --
14. Neurologic conditions affecting vision --
Causes of sudden vision loss --
Other neurologial problems --
15. History and current developments in refractive surgery --
Refractive surgery history --
Types of refractive surgery --
16. Some unusual eye problems and eye injuries --
17. Things to know about eye surgery --
Retinal detachment surgery --
pt. 5. Consumer information --
18. Definitions of caregivers --
19. More things you need to know --
Common eye drop medications --
20. Eye care - the way it was and the way it will be --
Origin of the ophthalmologist --
The origin of an optometrist --
Interaction of ophthalmology and optometry --
The way things can be (as I see it) --