Excerpt from A Manual of Ophthalmoscopic Surgery: Being a Practical Treatise on the Use of the Ophthalmoscope in Diseases of the Eye The confident opinion I entertained, when the first edition of this work appeared, in 1857, of the value and importance of the Ophthalmoscope as an unerring guide in the previously obscure pathology of the eye, and the great popularity which I also anticipated it would achieve, have been fully realized by the results of the past five years' experience. That its introduction would form a new era in scientific investigation, I felt assured, from the advance of special knowledge when aided by proper methods. Of investigation, and the wide field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.