Abstract
ABSTRACT Nashville, Tenn., March, 1895.To the Editor: —In your issue of February 23, on page 280, I found the following report of some remarks made in the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, by F. C. Hotz: Dr. Hotz then spoke about the theory of the symmetric action of the oblique muscles in oblique astigmatism, so persistently advocated by Savage. He showed that Savage has given no proof of the existence of such action of the muscles. Hotz has never been able to find such action in any case of oblique astigmatism and denied that the supposed action would benefit binocular vision. He further proved by demonstrations that oblique astigmatism does not cause obliquity of the retinal images and showed that the laws of physiologic optics do not sustain such doctrine. [Italics mine.] The theory is based on false premises and wholly untenable.In commenting on the above, allow
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