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8 entries match Europe & United Kingdom [Z01.542] · Ophthalmology & Vision [C11]

1933 CE

#5815.1

(Al-morchid fi'l-kohhl) ou, Le guide d'oculistique: Ouvrage inédit de l'oculiste arabe-espagnol, Mohammad ibn Qassoum ibn Aslam al-Ghafiqi (XIIe siècle); traduction des parties ophtalmologiques d’après le manuscrit conservé à la bibliothèque de l’Escurial par Max Meyerhof.

1500 CE–1501 CE

#3666.82

Chirurgia cum formis instrumentorum (Tr: Gerardus Cremonensis). IN: Guy de Chauliac: Chirurgia parva. Add: Albulcasis: Chirurgia cum formis instrumentorum. Jesus filius Hali: De oculis (Tr: Dominicus Marrochinus). Canamusali de Baldach: De oculis.

The surgical section of Albucasis’s Altasrif, the first rational, complete and illustrated treatise on surgery and surgical instruments. The author was an Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who lived in Al-Andalu…

1474 CE

#5816

De oculis eorumque egritudinibus et curis.

The earliest printed book on ophthalmology. Grassi was the most celebrated ophthalmic surgeon of the Middle Ages. English translation by Casey A. Wood, 1929. ISTC No. ig00352000.

1901 CE

#5997

Die Augenheilkunde der Alten.

A history of ancient ophthalmology in which the writer has attempted to reconstruct the anatomical concepts of the ancient Greeks. Translated into English by Richey L. Waugh as Ophthalmology of the ancients, Oostende:…

1793 CE

#9074

Elementos de cirurgia ocular offerecidos a Sua Alteza Real o Senhor D. João Principe do Brazil.

The first Portuguese book on ophthalmology. Santa Ana was the first Portuguese physician to specialize in ophthalmology. "He acknowledges (pp. vii-viii) that the section of the Elementos on anatomy and physiology is a…

1933 CE

#6004

Studies in the history of ophthalmology in England prior to the year 1800.

1996 CE

#9605

The wonderful art of the eye: A critical edition of the Middle English translation of his De probatissima arte oculorum, edited by L. M. Eldredge.

1623 CE

#5821

Uso del los antojos para todo genero de vistas, en que se enseña a conocer los grados que a cada uno le faltan de su vista, y los que tienen qualesquier antojos.

The earliest scientific work dealing with spectacles. It includes sight testing tables and points out the value of convex lenses after cataract operations. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. Eng…