Opthalmodynamometry

• Measurement of the blood pressure in the vessels of the retina of the eye.
• A small instrument is pressed against the eye until the vessels are seen ( through an opthalmoscope ) to collapse.
• The pressure recorded by instrument reflects the pressure within the vessels of the retina.
• In certain disorders of blood circulation to the eye, the pressure in the vessels is reduced and the vessels can be made to collapse by a lower than normal pressure on the eye ball.

VE day

• The day ( 8 May ) marking the Allied victory in europe in 1945
• Short for Victory in Europe.

Indebted

• Grateful.
• Owing money.

Kinaesthesiometer

• An instrument for measuring a patients's awareness of the muscular and joint movements of his own body.
• It is used during the investigation of nervous and muscular disorders and certain forms of brain damage.