We can compare old and new ophthalmologists’ role in the same way as the recent advances in the medical field, both from technologies, instruments and medicine point of view. In past, although, ophthalmology was always a university examination subject in every medical college, it was always considered to be a minor subject. In past ophthalmologists would mainly concentrate on refraction, cataract and medical treatment of glaucoma. Since trachoma was very much prevalent number of cases of entropion ectropion as a sequela of trachoma were many. So, besides cataract surgery, surgeries of entropion pterygia were also common.
I don’t think some 50 years back, we had retinal surgeons also. Because of a high incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia, a badly damaged eye was enucleated. But present things are different. We have now ophthalmology having reached the greatest heights. In all most all…
