Word: ophthalmo
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...doctors in the U. S. may call himself a specialist, and some 25,000 do. The American Medical Association takes the word of its members and lists them in the Directory as surgeons, or public health specialists, or obstetricians, sensitively differentiating ophthalmologists (eyes) and otorhinolaryngologists (ear-nose-throat) from ophthalmo-otorhino-laryngologists (eye-ear-nose-throat). Chief criterion for specialists, other than their say-so, has been membership in one of the multitude of learned societies in Canada or the U. S.. such as the American Association of Obstetricians. Gynecologists & Abdominal Surgeons, or the Central Society for Clinical Research...
...cause. They think it may be some malformation of the front part of the eye, or a larger number of light-sensitive cones in one retina than in the other. To detect the condition they have devised a complex instrument of peepholes, dots and lights, called the Ophthalmo-Eikonometer. To correct the condition they, and American Optical Co., have developed "iseikonic spectacles" with miniature telescope lenses to balance images...
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