History of Ophthalmology Sub auspiciis Academiae Ophthalmologicae Internationalis

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Henkes, Harold E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
Series:History of Ophthalmology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Prominent ophthalmologists who suffered from acute glaucoma
  • Vision and cognition in the natural philosophy of Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus)
  • Further studies by Christoph Scheiner concerning the optics of the eye
  • On the invention of the ophthalmoscope
  • D. B. Kagenaar and the ophthalmometer by Javal-Schiøtz
  • A contribution to the history of spectacles in Croatia
  • Pissarro, dacryocystitis, and the development of modern lacrimal surgery
  • Didymus the Blind: An unknown precursor of Louis Braille and Helen Keller
  • Further ophthalmological information on Byzantine chroniclers and historians