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W R Baldwin

Publications and source records attributed to W R Baldwin.

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PubMed1992

River blindness.

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Africa, Western↗
PubMed1982

The role and goals of academic optometry. Some unfulfilled missions.

The authors express the opinion that optometry schools have obligations to the profession and the public which involve missions beyond their primary function of educating and training students. They identify those missions which they believe are highly important but only partially addressed. They are: clinical research; expansion of optometry's scientific base; specialized patient care; and education of practitioners. They offer explanations for lack of progress, but insist it is vital that these obligations be met by our schools, and offer suggestions toward this end.

Community Health Services↗
PubMed1981

A longitudinal study of corneal astigmatism and total astigmatism.

Cross-sectional studies indicate that mean total astigmatism changes with age; varying from as much as 0.62 D with-the-rule during youth to as much as 0.37 D against-the-rule in samples of elderly patients. The present study involves the examination of adult patients who were seen regularly for a period of at least 40 years. Data are analyzed to determine whether the change in corneal astigmatism accounts for the total astigmatic change, and the magnitude of change with age at each of the principal corneal meridians. Results indicate that steepening of the cornea in the horizontal meridian accounts for a major portion of the increase in against-the-rule total astigmatism among older patients.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Erickson goniolens system.

The Optometric Research Institute has clinically evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the Erickson Goniolens System. Operational procedures and interpreting the results are discussed. Advantages, disadvantages and conclusions are expressed.

Contact Lenses↗
PubMed1977

What should be optometry's role? How should we prepare for it?

This is a position paper which broadly states the role which, in the author's opinion, optometry should adopt as its goal and the educational environment in which we can best prepare graduates to fulfill that role. The role briefly stated, is that of first contact supplier of vision care and of certain aspects of primary health care. The appropriate educational milieu is held to be the academic health center.

Ophthalmology↗