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Author:   Harold E. Henkes ,  Claudia Zrenner ,  H. HENKES
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   Reprinted from DOCUMENTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, 68:1-2, 1988
Volume:   1
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780898383669

ISBN 10:   0898383668
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   31 May 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Ophthalmology in Art and Literature.- Four legends about Hippocrates. Collected by Mr. Zarakas of the village Pili - Cos.- Eye votives in Greek antiquity.- Leonardo and the eye.- Ophthalmological lore in the Corpus Hippocraticum.- The presentation of the eye in African and Oceanian art.- Ophthalmological Instruments.- The Utrecht Ophthalmic Hospital and the development of tonometry in the 19th century.- The Utrecht Ophthalmic Hospital and the development of the ophthalmoscope.- Biographies of famous Ophthalmologists.- The foundation of experimental ophthalmology by Theodor Leber.- Georg Joseph Beer: A review of his life and contributions.- The first German textbook of ophthalmology Augendienst by G. Bartisch, 1583.- The professors of ophthalmology at the University of Leipzig in the first half of the 20th century.- Topics in Ophthalmic Surgery.- Eye injuries by the Byzantine writer Aetios Amidinos.- The lacrimal surgery of Petrus Camper and his contemporaries.- History of Institutions and Disciplines.- The French Egyptian campaign and its effects on ophthalmology.- The appointment of Johan Widmark to the first chair in ophthalmology in Stockholm 1891.- A historical outline of Greek ophthalmology from the Hellenistic period up to the establishment of the first universities.- History of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society.- The general development of Chinese ophthalmology from its beginnings to the 18th century.

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