Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly (1850–1926): scientist, educator and advocate for Queensland optometry

Looking and seeing beyond 2020

“…In an era of restricted scope of practice, prior to gaining access to diagnostic and therapeutic agents or even legislation to protect the public and define the profession, it is perhaps not surprising that optical matters predominated this first issue of the journal. Included under the banner heading ‘ Visual Optics ’ was an overview of clinical techniques employed during subjective refraction, still utilised to this day, such as gradual fogging to relax accommodation in the latent hyperope.…”