Summary: point In astigmatism the eye is more elliptical than spherical similar to the back side of a spoon and the light which should come to focus at one point focuses in two points see figure 2 To find out if a patient has myopia we have to place him at a distance of 6 meters from an eye chart and ask him to read the chart from top to bottom Normal vision is 6 by 6
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