Hey, Doc! What’s Wrong with My Eye?

About the Book

This book is a primer on eye disease. It is written for the nonphysician but would benefit physicians and paramedical personnel who are not eye physicians. Dr. Barber explains the common signs and symptoms of eye diseases and explains the usual treatments for these diseases, including glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and strabismus. It contains chapters about the ways diabetes, thyroid disease, AIDS, and other systemic diseases affect the eye. Several chapters explain the surgery for correction of cataracts, retinal detachment, crooked eyes, and glaucoma. There is a section on eye diseases of childhood. This book is recommended for employees in ophthalmic offices to better understand patient problems and the doctor’s treatments.

About the Author

Dr. Barber has had a career in medical education training more than ninety ophthalmologists while serving as Department Chairman of Ophthalmology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and St. Francis Medical Center in Pittsburgh. His training included Washington University, St. Louis, Medical School, Residency at Medical College of Virginia, and Fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Harvard). He prides himself in being able to explain complicated diseases and treatment in common, understandable language for the average person. He is now retired, but continues to educate people through his books.