TY - JOUR T1 - Squint: Its causes, pathology, and treatment. Y1 - 1929/09/07 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1929.02710100055043 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 793 EP - 793 VL - 93 IS - 10 N2 - One of the points of difference between an ophthalmologist and an optometrist is that the former is supposed to be able to handle a case of squint in such a manner that by hook (glasses and training) or by crook (operation) the eyes become parallel. This cannot be done intelligently unless one has read Worth on Squint or else has had an experience covering hundreds, even thousands, of cases of squint, followed from infancy on. It is on such an experience that Worth has based his book, which contains more personal observations and less bibliographic theorizing than any of the modern texts. The matter is presented in such an intimate way that there exists a feeling of personal contact with the author. The first edition appeared in 1903 and there have been no fundamental changes in the subsequent editions, although the subject matter has been amplified and refinements in technic SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02710100055043 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710100055043 ER -