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 tO do because all you need is one of a multitude of
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 different tonometers that are available on the
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 market, the most expensive of _hich is about $3r000
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 or $4_000_ ,omethlng of that order of magnitude, and
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 the cheapest of which is probably I00. I have no
 idea how _ch it costs, but there are a variety of
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 ways of measuring intraocular pressure.
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 Unfortunately there aren't a v_arlety of
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 ways o2 measuring visual field. We now have
 I0 automated computerized technology that has got us
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 onto the =- they are now in physician's offices_ at
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 least in most acidemlc centers_ but the ordinary--
 13 and X'm not belnq derrcgatory and XBm not being
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 facetious _ but the ophthalmologist who is out there
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 patlentsF but is not entirely devoted to the care of
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 glaucoma patients, doesn't have access to those types
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 perimeter exclusively, doesn't have access to the new
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 computerized technology°
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 ways in which one monitors intzaocular pressure in
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 exactly the same way that one examines the background
 24 of the eyes the optic disks and looks for either
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 pallor or whiteness of the optic disk as distinct
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