Those of us who have strabismus do not like to be referred to as having a lazy eye. We are not lazy. Because our eyes don’t work right, we often have to work much harder to accomplish a task than those who have normal vision.
But if any form of strabismus could be referred to as a lazy eye, it would not… Continue reading
President Abraham Lincoln had a rugged, somewhat homely look. Now scientists say that Lincoln’s face, which it’s said was often the brunt of ridicule, was distorted due to a medical condition called cranial facial microsomia. The result was that the left side of his face, including the eye socket, was much smaller than the right.
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Wouldn’t it be super if we could just pop a pill and it would do something in our brains to connect our eyes properly again? Recent comments on our January 5, 2006, post shared a brief personal experience regarding an antidepressant that seemed to help, as well… Continue reading
Hall of Fame is a new category at Eyes Apart. I’ve already featured several famous people with strabismus on the site. I’m adding them to this category, and I plan to add more from time to time.
The photo on this page is a Rembrandt painting. I have featured him in the past using a self portrait that showed his strabismus. But… Continue reading
Monet’s vision reached a lot deeper than his eyes could see.
Professor Michael Marmor, an Ophthalmologist who led a team of researchers at Stanford University, has been quoted in Times Online as saying that the beloved artist Monet “derided the developing abstraction in art.” Yet as he aged, Monet’s paintings became increasingly abstract. According to this… Continue reading
