Facets

1819 CE

#1492

Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Sehens in subjectiver Hinsicht.

Purkynĕ’s graduation dissertation on the subjective visual phenomena earned for him the appreciation of Goethe and the chair of physiology at Breslau. Reprinted in his Opera omnia, vol. 1, pp. 1-56,1918. There w…

1857 CE

#5880

Beiträge zur Lehre vom Schielen und von der Schiel-Operation.

Graefe’s operation for strabismus.

1929 CE

#9629

Benevenutus Grassus of Jerusalem De oculis eorumque egritudinibus et curis: Translated with notes and illustrations from the first printed edition, Ferrara, 1474 A.D

2011 CE

#9606

Benvenutus Grassus’ On the well-proven art of the eye: Practica oculorum & De probatissima arte oculorum. Synoptic edition and philological Studies. Edited by Antonio Miranda-García and Santiago González Fernández-Corugedo.

"This book contains the extant tradition of Benvenutus Grassus’ Treatise on the eye and six philological related studies. The tradition in Latin (Metz, Bibliothèques- Médiatèques, MS 176) is…

1825 CE

#1494.1

Beobachtungen und Versuche zur Physiologie der Sinne. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Sehens in subjectiver Hinsicht. 2 vols.

“Purkynĕ phenomenon” or “Purkynĕ shift”, a change in the apparent relative luminosity of colors in a dim light (scotopic vision) compared with that in full daylight (photopic vision). Also publ…

1883 CE

#5923

Bericht über die Thätigkeit der deutschen Cholerakommission in Aegypten und Ostindien.

Koch–Weeks bacillus, Hemophilus conjunctivitidis, or Hemophilus aegyptius. Koch discovered the bacilli of two varieties of Egyptian conjunctivitis. See also No. 5930.

1851 CE

#5866

Beschreibung eines Augen-Spiegels zur Untersuchung der Netzhaut im lebenden Auge.

Invention of the ophthalmoscope, one of the greatest events in the history of ophthalmology. English translation by T. H. Shastid, Chicago, Cleveland Press, 1916.

1877 CE

#5915

Beziehungen der Allgemein-Leiden und Organ-Erkrankungen zu Veränderungen und Krankheiten des Sehorgans. In: GRAEFE and SAEMISCH, Handbuch der gesammten Augenheilkunde, 7, Theil 5, 59-234

Förster was among the first to study the relationship between eye disease and general and organic disease of the body.

1877 CE–1882 CE

#9640

Bibliographie analytique des principaux phénomènes subjectifs de la vision, depuis les temps anciens jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe siècle, suivie d'une bibliographie simple pour la partie écoulée du siècle actuel.

Première section: Persistance des impressions sur la rétine. Deuxième section: couleurs accidentelles ordinaires du succession. Troisième section: images qui succèdent à la co…

1950 CE

#5352.2

Bibliography of onchocerciasis.

Publication No. 242.

1783 CE

#5992

Bibliothecae ophthalmicae specimen primum eruditorum examini subjicit.

The earliest bibliography and history of ophthalmology.

1932 CE–1957 CE

#7023

British Optical Association Library and Museum catalogue. 3 vols.

Vol. 1 primarlily by Sutcliffe; vol.3 by Mitchell. The 3 volumes describe more than 1000 items; every entry is annotated. The first volume is extensively illustrated.

1534 CE

#33

Bιβλίων ὶαтριкω̂ν тομος ά. Librorum medicinalium tomus primus, primi scilicet libri octo nunc primum in lucem editi.

First printed edition in the original Greek of the first half of the Tetrabiblion, issued in Venice by the heirs of Aldus Manutius. In the Tetrabiblion Aetius collected together works of other men which might have bee…

1895 CE

#5347.1

Case of Filaria loa in which the parasite was removed from under the conjunctiva.

First detailed description of Loa loa. See also Trans. ophthal. Soc. U.K., 1897, 17, 227-32. Robertson first briefly mentioned this procedure and the Loa Loa worm in a brief article written for him by the editor of La…

1903 CE

#4712

Cerebral degeneration with symmetrical changes in the maculae in two members of a family.

Batten disease, a fatal disease of the nervous system that typically begins in childhood. Onset of symptoms is usually between 5 and 10 years of age. Often, it is autosomal recessive. It is the common name for a group…

1904 CE

#4713

Cerebral degeneration, with symmetrical changes in the maculae, in three members of a family.

“Batten-Mayou disease”, juvenile amaurotic idiocy (see also No. 4712).

2011 CE

#7667

Chevalier John Taylor, England's early oculist: Pretender or pioneer?

The unusually colorful career of the pioneer oculist, notorious for his flamboyant behavior, self-promotion, proflific writings, and for blinding both Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. The authors disc…

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…

1775 CE

#2122

Chirurgical observations relative to the cataract, the polypus of the nose, the cancer of the scrotum, etc.

Includes the first description of occupational cancer. By describing chimney sweeps” cancer of the scrotum, Pott was the first to trace the origin of a type of cancer to a specific external cause. The above work…

1930 CE

#5978

Choroidal sarcoma treated by the intra-ocular insertion of radon needles.

Foster Moore’s technique for the radiation treatment of choroidal neoplasms.

1947 CE

#13575

Clinical neuro-ophthalmology.

Considered first textbook on neuro-ophthalmology.

1991 CE

#12650

Color atlas/text of ophthalmic parasitology. Edited by B. H. Kean, Tsieh Sun, and Robert M. Ellsworth.

Probably the first ophthalmic textbook devoted exclusively to parasitic infections, discussing diseases caused by protozoa, nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, and arthropods.

1891 CE

#5937

Colour-blindness and colour-perception.

Includes (p. 262 et seq.) description of Edridge-Green’s lantern test for color-blindness. This was officially adopted in Great Britain in 1915 in place of the Holmgren test.

1823 CE

#1492.1

Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei.

Purkynĕ was first to examine the interior of the human eye and the dog eye, using only a candle and a concave spherical lens. He thus invented the ophthalmoscope three decades before Helmholtz (1851; No. 5866). Reprin…

1941 CE

#5507

Congenital cataract following German measles in the mother.

Gregg drew attention to congenital defects in infants following rubella in the mother during the early part of pregnancy.

1889 CE

#5936

Conjonctivite infectieuse transmise par les animaux.

Parinaud described an infectious tuberculous conjunctivitis transmissible from animals to man. In 1924 Gifford suggested the name “Parinaud’s oculo-glandular syndrome” as a more suitable description.…

1894 CE

#5939

Conjonctivite lacrymale à pneumocoques des nouveau-nés.

1942 CE

#7400

Contact lenses.

The first book on contact lenses, recording attempts over the previous hundred years to fit a lens in direct contact with the eye. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1941 CE

#1533

Continuous and reproducible records of the electrical activity of the human retina.

Electroretinography

1838 CE

#1498

Contributions to the physiology of vision.

1999 CE

#12189

Corneal transplantation: A history in profiles. Edited by Mark J. Mannis and Avi A. Mannis.

1987 CE

#7136

Correction of astigmatism with the excimer laser.

In 1985 Seiler performed the first large area ablation in a human eye to remove a corneal scar, having previously performed T-incisions with an excimer laser to correct for astigmatism.

1886 CE

#4572

D’un nouveau precédé opératoire applicable au ptosis congénital et au ptosis paralytique.

An operation for congenital and paralytic ptosis was introduced by Panas.

1988 CE

#12520

Das Ergebnis des Nachdenkens über die Behandlung der Augenkrankheiten von Fath ad-Dīn al-Qaisī. Übersetzung des arabischen Textes, Kommentar von Hans-Dieter Bischoff.

1870 CE

#5905

Das Ulcus corneae serpens und seine Therapie.

First description of serpiginous ulcer of the cornea and its treatment. Called also “Saemisch’s ulcer”.

2002 CE

#7013

Dates in ophthalmology.

An annotated chronological listing of significant events in the history of ophthalmology.

1590 CE

#3343

De compositione medicamentorum; De morbis oculorum, & aurium….

The De oculorum et aurium represents the first “clinical” manual on diseases of the ear. Mercuriali was primarily concerned with treatment.

1587 CE

#7337

De humano foetu liber tertio editus, ac recognitus. Eiusdem anatomicarum observationum liber: ac De tumoribus secundum locos affectos liber nunc primum editi.

First edition of Aranzi's Anatomicarum observationum published with the third edition of De humano foetu. In the Anatomicarum observationum Aranzi pointed out that the eye muscles arise from the margin of the optic ca…

1835 CE

#5850

De l’emploi de l’excision et de la cautérisation à l’aide du nitrate d’argent fondu dans l’ophthalmie blennorrhagique.

Silver nitrate for treatment of gonococcal ophthalmia. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1753 CE

#1483

De ligamentis ciliaribus.

1586 CE

#3417

De medica historia mirabili.

An early history of diseases, with extensive sections on ophthalmology (ff. 66-77) and urology (ff. 260-271). Lib. IV, Cap. iii, page 196 contains the first recorded case of gastric ulcer. Lib. VI. cap. iii contains t…

1573 CE

#1377.2

De nervis opticis nonnulisque aliis praeter communem opinionem in humano capite observatis.

Varolio described a new method of dissection which enabled him to observe and describe the pons for the first time. By this new method Varolio was able to make some contributions to the knowledge of the course and ter…

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.

1666 CE

#1481

De vasis palpebrarum novis epistola.

Meibom described the conjunctival Meibomian glands, holocrine type exocrine glands along the rims of the eyelid inside the tarsal plate. They were, however, already known to Galen and were figured by Casserius in 1609.

1738 CE

#5991.9

Degli occhiali da naso inventati da Salvino Armati…

The first book on the history of spectacles. Manni gave credit for the invention to the Florentine Armati (fl. 1300).

1903 CE

#1525.2

Demonstration eines Instrumentes zur Erzeugung von Strahlengebilden um leuchtende Punkte.

Gullstrand invented the slit-lamp, making possible the microscopic study of the living eye.

1852 CE

#5866.1

Der Augenspiegel und des Optometer für practische Aerzte.

Ruete introduced a practical lens system for examining the inverted image, and improved the illumination, producing the first practical ophthalmoscope.

1885 CE

#5927

Der Electromagnet in der Augenheilkunde.

The introduction of the electromagnet into ophthalmology. A pupil of Helmholtz, Hirschberg was one of the most voluminous writers in the field of ophthalmology. Besides his dictionary (see No. 5932) he wrote a classic…

1876 CE

#5914

Der Frühjahrskatarrh. In: GRAEFE and SAEMISCH, Handbuch der gesammten Augenheilkunde

First description of vernal conjunctivitis.

1755 CE

#1484

Descriptio anatomica oculi humani.

The first complete study of the anatomy of the eye, including the first description of the “zonule of Zinn” and the “annulus of Zinn”.