Strabismus - Fundamentals of Clinical Ophthalmology.pdf

Acknowledgements
I gratefully acknowledge BMJ Books for the invitation to author this text on strabismus and to
contribute to this series. The books in this series owe much to the experience of past and present
generations of clinicians and scientists who are responsible for creating a discipline within which we
are privileged to practise.
James Wong deserves special mention. As my research assistant, James has assisted in the computer
generation of this manuscript and as a trainee ophthalmologist, initially in his first year and now into
his second year, he has played a further role as devil's advocate, reflecting the initial difficulties those
in training have in understanding strabismus. This has led to a simplification of the text and hopefully
a clarity that will make this volume useful to the general clinician, registrar in training and specialist
in related disciplines.
I also wish to thank Craig Hoyt, Bill Good, and Peter McCluskey. They were generous and patient
enough to read the entire manuscript and make incisive comments but any remaining errors are my
responsibility alone.
This book reflects the influence of teachers and colleagues. A founding generation for modern
strabismus in the last 50 years includes Frank Costenbader, Hermann Burian, David Lyle, Phil
Knapp, Marshall Parks, Art Jampolsky, Alan Scott, John Pratt-Johnston, Gunter von Noorden, and
Robert Reineke who in turn inspire a present generation. This includes Bert Kushner, Art
Rosenbaum, and David Guyton. Those in the discipline of neurology who bring science to the topic
of strabismus include David Cogan, John Leigh, and David Zee.
Finally I should like to thank my wife Gail for her support and for patiently enduring my
preoccupation with the computer.
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