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Preface

The first edition of this book was started when I was a medical student at N.Y. Medical College 48 years ago during the allotted 2‐week rotation in the eye clinic. It was published during my first year of eye residency at Albert Einstein Medical School with assistance and encouragement from my chairman, Dr Paul Henkind. At that time, all introductory books were 500 pages or more and could not be read quickly enough to understand what was going on. With this in mind, each word of this manual is shorter and more concise. On completing it, students should understand the refraction and hundreds of the most commonly encountered eye diseases, which are discussed with respect to anatomy, instrumentation, differential diagnosis, and treatment. It is highlighted with over 600 of the best images and illustrations I have collected in the past 45 years.

The book is meant to be read in its entirety in several hours and to impart to you a foundation on which to grow and enjoy this beautiful and ever‐changing specialty. The popularity of previous editions has resulted in translations into Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Italian, Russian, Greek, Polish, Chinese, and Portuguese as well an Indian reprint.

My special appreciation goes to Johnson & Johnson, which provided a generous grant to distribute the 7th edition to 40,000 students. I donated 60,000 copies of the 8th and 9th edition and 55,700 copies of the 10th edition to medical students. Now on with the work. Many images were generously provided by Pfizer, Wills Eye Hospital, the University of Iowa, Montefiore Hospital, and many colleagues. Elliot Davidoff, who sat next to me in medical school, and who is now assistant professor at the Ohio State University, surprised me with many unsolicited contributions, as did Lance Lyons, Glaucoma Fellow at the Mayo Clinic.

This edition has been updated with 40 new images. I hope you enjoy reading it half as much as I enjoyed writing it. I have received no monetary funding from, and I have no association with, any company whose products are mentioned in this book.

I added images of diabetic retinopathy to both the front and back covers of this latest edition so that it can be shown to patients. It will remind them of why they are making so much effort in controlling blood sugar.

I would appreciate any recommendations and images that would improve the next edition. You may email me at mark. leitman@aol.com.

Mark W. Leitman