It is the desire to make this discussion on the eye the most useful
possible to the whole profession. Let it be plainly understood that
there is no effort to cover every phase of eye pathology but to
elaborate eye diseases and therapeutics strictly from the standpoint
of osteopathy. There are many very elaborate and extensive text books
and even encyclopediæ written on the eye by the medical profession.
The world of ophthalmic literature is extensive and profound. Just so
are the elaborations on the general field of medicine. Such things as
hereditary influences, congenital deformities, amblyopias, albinism,
coloboma and the field of ophthalmic surgery does not concern us at
the present time in an osteopathic text book. This department is
dedicated to a scientific development of ophthalmic therapeutics along
osteopathic lines of thought. Some things in the therapeutics of the
eye concern all schools alike. For instance, proper cleanliness and
antiseptic precautions in regard to the eye, dietetics, hygiene and
the care of the general health. The same anatomy and many of the same
methods of examination and diagnosis obtain in all schools. It is
the intention to go into the opthhalmic therapeutic field in these
discussions where osteopathy has a different outlook with a definite
distinct reform to offer in the viewpoint of the anatomy, methods of
diagnosis and the system of treatment.