History of Ophthalmology
Sub auspiciis Academiae Ophthalmologicae Internationalis
Published on 30. April 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 198 pages
978-0-7923-3401-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume includes case histories (Adolf Hitler and John Milton), biographies (William Thomson, Joseph Woodward, E.J. Curran, Pope John XXI, George McClellan and A.E. Krill), an oral history and the history of the National Eye Institute.
Reviews / Votes
` I do recommend not only this volume but earlier and future volumes as well. 'Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica (1996)
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Series
Edition
Reprinted from DOCUMENTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, 89:1, 1995
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
34 s/w Abbildungen
VI, 198 p. 34 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-3401-9 (9780792334019)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-0127-1
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Cogan and Verhoeff: A friendship of genius.- Life events and visual symptoms of Adolf Hitler (With personal anecdotes).- The blindness of John Milton.- Neurology of the Ocular Muscles: emerge of a neuro-ophthalmologist A personal history and tribute to David Cogan.- William Thomson and Joseph Janvier Wood-ward.- William Fisher Norris: A Philadelphia ophthal-mologist.- M.D., D. Ophth..- Pope John XXI, ophthalmologist.- Did George McClellan commit malpractice?.- A brief biography of his life and final days.- Toichiro Kuwabara on Dave Cogan An interview.- The origins of the National Eye Institute 1933-1968 The Fifth Charles B. Snyder Lecture.- A history of low vision and blind rehabilitation in the United States.- The tarsectomy operation of A.P.L. Gillet de Grandmont and its periodic rediscovery (1837-1894).- Pioneers in the history of orbital decompression for Graves' ophthalmopathy R.U. Kroenlein (1847-1910), O. Hirsch (1877-1965) and H.C. Naffziger (1884-1961).- Brian wars: Passion and conflict in the localization of vision in the brain.- Jaeger, About Glaucoma.- Optical uses of fans.