Diseases and refraction of the eye / by N.C. Macnamara and Gustavus Hartridge.

  • Macnamara, Nottidge Charles, 1832-1918.
Date:
1891
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Diseases and refraction of the eye / by N.C. Macnamara and Gustavus Hartridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Regulations for Candidates for Commissions in the Army. A candidate must be able to read at least ■ with each eye, without glasses, and this must be capable of correction with glasses up to £ in one eye and T\- in the other, he must also be able to read No. 1 of the near type with one or both eyes. Squint, colour blindness, or any serious disease of the eye renders the candidate ineligible. Navy. A candidate must be able to read £ with each eye, and the near type at the distance for which it is marked. Colour blindness, squint, or any serious disease of the eye disqualifies. Indian Civil Service. A candidate must be able to read £ with one eye and £ with the other, with or without correcting lenses. Any disease of the fundus disqualifies. Myopia, however, with a posterior staphyloma may be passed, if the ametropia do not exceed 2'5 D., and the candidate has a visual acuteness equal to that stated above. Indian Medical Service. The candidate must have a visual acuteness of f in one eye and _s_ in the other. Hypermetropia and myopia must not exceed 5 D., and then with the proper correction must come up to the above standard. Astigmatism does not disqualify a candidate, provided^ the combined spherical and cylindrical glass does not exceed 5D., and the visual acuteness equals £ in one eye and -fy in the other; colourblindness, ocular paralysis, or any disease of the fuudus renders the candidate ineligible.