The Krimsky method uses reflections produced on both corneas by a penlight. The original method involved placing prisms in front of the deviating eye. More common modifications today involve holding prisms before the fixing eye or split between the 2 eyes. By adjusting the prisms to center the corneal reflection in the deviated eye, it is possible to approximate and quantitate the near deviation
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