The eye forms a real and inverted image of an object on the retina. If the eye lens is defective, the image of objects may be formed in front of or behind the retina. Persons in whom the image is formed in front of the retina are not able to see the distant objects clearly while if the image is formed behind the retina the person is not able to see a near object clearly. The latter kind of people is said to be longsighted.
Persons suffering from myopia cannot see clearly the