Facets

1824 CE

#1494

Description of a small muscle of the internal commissure of the eyelids.

Homer described the tensor tarsi (Horner’s) muscle, supplying the lacrimal apparatus. It was first described by Du Verney in 1749

1937 CE

#5987

Developmental abnormalities of the eye.

1905 CE

#12519

Die arabischen Lehrbücher der Augenheilkunde. Ein Capitel zur arabischen Litteraturegeschichte. Unter Mitwirkung von J. Lippert und E. Mittwoch. Bearbeitet von J. Hirschberg.

Digital facsimile of the 1905 edition from the Internet Archive at this link. Translated into English as The Arabian Ophthalmologists, compiled from original texts by J. Hirschberg, J. Lippert and E. Mittwoch and tran…

1887 CE–1888 CE

#5931

Die ärztliche Ueberwachung der Schulen zur Verhütung der Verbreitung der Kurzsichtigkeit.

Cohn was a pioneer in his advocacy of the routine examination of the eyes of schoolchildren.

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:…

1902 CE

#8824

Die Augenheilkunde des Ibn Sina aus dem Arabischen Übersetzt und Erläutert.

Translation of Book III, Fan III of Avicenna's Canon pertaining to the eye and its diseases. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1907 CE

#7395

Die Bakteriologie in der Augenheilkunde.

Translated into English by Angus McNab as The bacteriology of the eye (London: Ballière, Tyndall & Cox, 1908, and New York: William Wood & Co, 1908).

1829 CE

#5742.1

Die Bildung neuer Augenlider (Blepharoplastik) nach Zerstörungen und dadurch hervorgebrachten Auswärtsweundungen derselben.

First extensive treatise on the use of pedicle grafts from the temple and cheek for supplying necessary skin for the reconstruction of deformed eyelids.

1903 CE

#6000

Die Brille und ihre Geschichte.

1905 CE

#5949

Die Cyklodialyse, eine neue Glaukomoperation.

Introduction of cyclodialysis in glaucoma.

1858 CE

#13339

Die Entwicklungsgeschichte des menschlichen Auges.

"Ammon's Scleral Prominence - prominence of the postero-external aspect of the globe of the eye of the foetus which appears at the third month of foetal life." Jessie Dobson, eponyms, 2nd. Ed. (1962), p.13 . The artic…

1921 CE

#6003

Die Erfindung der Augengläser.

2014 CE

#10489

Die Erfindung der Ophthalmoskopie dargestellt in den Originalbeschreibungen der Augenspiegel von Helmholtz, Ruete und Giraud-Teulon. Eingeleitet und erläutert von Wolfgang Jaeger.

1898 CE

#5943

Die Erkrankungen des Auges im Zusammenhang mit anderen Krankheiten.

Like Förster (No. 5915), Schmidt-Rimpler was interested in the relationship between eye diseases and general organic diseases; like Cohn (No. 5931), he was an advocate of the routine examination of the eyes of sc…

1845 CE

#1502

Die Farbenerscheinungen im Grunde des menschlichen Auges.

An important description of colour phenomena in the fundus oculi. This paper won for Kussmaul the Karl Friedrich Medal of the University of Heidelberg.

1925 CE

#3573.1

Die Handschrift des Schnitt- und Augenarztes Caspar Stromayr in Lindau im Bodensee: In der Lindauer Handschrift (P.1.46) vom 4. Juli 1559. Mit einer historischen Einführung und Wertung von Walter von Brunn.

Stroymayr's manuscript was discovered in Lindau in 1909, and remained unpublished until the above edition, which reproduced his drawings in color. Like Bartisch (No. 5817) Stromayr specialized in hernia repair and eye…

1883 CE

#1622

Die Hygiene des Auges in den Schulen.

Cohn did much to promote school hygiene. He advocated regular examination of the eyes of school children, an idea which was put into practice in 1885. An English translation of the book appeared in 1886.

1868 CE

#5902

Die intraocularen Geschwülste nach eigenen klinischen Beobachtungen und anatomischen Untersuchungen.

English translation, New York, 1869.

1851 CE–1856 CE

#5865

Die Krankheiten des Auges. 3 vols.

Arlt described granular conjunctivitis (“Arlt’s trachoma”) and an operation for transplantation of the ciliary bulbs in the treatment of distichiasis.

1843 CE

#5857

Die Krankheiten und Missbildungen des menschlichen Auges und deren Heilung. 2 vols.

Himly was professor of ophthalmology at Jena and later at Göttingen. He introduced clinical teaching in ophthalmology.

1859 CE

#5884

Die Krümmung der Homhaut des menschlichen Auges.

Knapp wrote valuable monographs on curvature of the cornea (above) and on intraocular tumours (see No. 5902). He became one of the leading ophthalmologists in America.

1868 CE

#1513.1

Die Lehre vom binokularen Sehen.

Hering’s law: that the corresponding muscles of the two eyes are always equally innervated. The book includes classic experiments and observations on eye movement control. English translation by B. Bridgeman and…

1853 CE–1858 CE

#5869

Die Ophthalmologie vom naturwissenschaftlichen Standpunkte aus bearbeitet. 2 vols. [in 3].

English translation, 1868.

1885 CE

#5926

Die periphere Atrophie des Sehnerven.

Peripheral atrophy of the optic nerve was described by Fuchs and called “Fuchs’s optic atrophy”.

1854 CE

#5875

Die pyämische Ophthalmie in Beziehung zur feinsten Organisation des Entzündungs-Produkts und zu der eigenthümlichen Struktur des Glaskörpers.

First account of metastatic ophthalmia.

1894 CE

#1523

Die Retina der Wirbelthiere…In Verbindung mit dem Verfasser zusammengestellt, übersetzt und mit Einleitung versehen von Dr. Richard Greef.

Classic account of the vertebrate retina. First published in the Belgian review La Cellule, and later translated into German with extensive additions by Ramón y Cajal. Translated into English by Sylvia A. Thorp…

1909 CE

#7397

Die Sehstörungen bei Schussverletzungen der kortikalen Sehsphäre, nach Beobachtungen an Verwundeten der letzten japanischen Kriege.

During and after Japan’s war with Russia (1904-1905 ) Inouye tested the visual fields in wounded soldiers for insurance purposes, and set out his observations in this work. English translation: Glickstein, M. & …

1881 CE

#5924

Die Verhütung der Augenentzüngung der Neugeborenen.

Credé introduced the practice of instillation of silver nitrate into the eyes of all newborn children as a preventive measure against ophthalmia neonatorum. Separate expanded edition with the same title, Berlin…

1922 CE

#9249

Die Zauberkraft des Auges und das Berufen. Ein Kapitel der Geschichte der Aberglaubens.

1939 CE

#2723

Diffuse arteriolar disease with hypertension and the associated retinal lesions.

The Keith–Wagener classification of fundal lesions. They classified essential hypertension into four groups.

1836 CE

#11430

Discoveries in light and vision; with a short memoir containing discoveries in the mental faculties.

The first work on vision written by a woman and published in the United States. Griffith published the work anonymously. "Griffith’s work had its start in print in 1834, when she published two articles on vision…

1925 CE

#5969

Diseases of the uvea. I. Sympathetic ophthalmia: the use of uveal pigment in diagnosis and treatment.

Intradermal pigment test in sympathetic ophthalmitis.

1853 CE

#5869.1

Dissertatio ophthalmologica inauguralis de speculo oculi.

Trigt's thesis contains the first printed illustrations of the fundus of the eye. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. The following year Trigt's thesis was translated into German by C. H. Schauenberg as …

1656 CE

#5821.1

Dissertationes anatomicae methodo synthetica exaratae…

Rolfinck was the first to demonstrate the location of cataract in the lens.

1903 CE

#4592

Du myosis dans certaines lésions bulbaires en foyer (hémiplégie du type Avellis associée au syndrome oculaire sympathique).

“Cestan–Chenais syndrome”.

2011 CE

#14152

Efficacy of intravitreal Bevacizumab for state 3+ retinopathy of prematurity.

The authors, representatives of the "BEAT-ROP Cooperative Group," showed that intravitreal bevacizumab monoclonal antibody therapy in infants with stage 3+ retinopathy of prematurity showed a significant benefit for z…

1882 CE

#5921

Ein experimenteller Beitrag zur Pathogenese der sympathischen Augen-Entzündung.

Deutschmann was the chief protagonist of the infective theory of sympathetic ophthalmia.

1853 CE

#5870

Ein Fall von Hamorrhagie der Netzhaut beider Augen.

Türck was the first to note the correlation of retinal hemorrhage with tumors of the brain.

1863 CE

#5891

Ein neues und gefahrloses Operations-Verhfahren zur Heilung des grauen Staares.

Jacobson used a peripheral incision in his operation for cataract.

1906 CE

#5950.1

Eine erfolgreiche totale Keratoplastik.

First successful corneal transplantation (keratoplasty).

1931 CE

#5980

Eine neue Ablatiooperation.

Guist’s operation for detachment of the retina (multiple trephining and chemical cauterization of the choroid).

1888 CE

#5933

Eine neue Methode der Hornhauttransplantation.

Modern keratoplasty is based on the technique introduced by von Hippel.

1893 CE

#1522

Eine neue Theorie der Licht-Empfindung.

Ladd-Franklin theory of vision.

1911 CE

#1526

Einführung in die Methoden der Dioptrik des Auges des Menschen.

Discovery of the intracapsular mechanism of accommodation.

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…

1943 CE

#5990

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. I. Isolation and identification of a filterable virus.

1937 CE

#5988

Ergebnisse der Diathermiestichelung des Corpus ciliare (Zyklodiathermiestichelung) gegen Glaukom.

Vogt’s operation of cyclodiathermy for glaucoma.

1786 CE

#5833

Essai sur l’éducation des aveugles, ou exposé des différens moyens, vérifiés par l'expérience, pour les mettre en état de lire, à l'aide du tact, d'imprimer des livres dans lesquels ils puissent prendre des connoissances, de langues, d'histoire, de géographie, de musique, &c., d'exécuter différens travaux relatifs aux métiers, &c.

Haüy founded the first school for the blind. To him belongs the honor of being the first to emboss paper as a means of creating raised type that could be read by the blind. His Essai originated modern methods of …

1808 CE–1818 CE

#5840

Essays on the morbid anatomy of the human eye. 2 vols.

Wardrop was the first to classify the various inflammations of the eye according to the structures attacked. He was also the first to use the term “keratitis”.

1999 CE

#10093

Essential subtleties on the silver sea: The Yin-Hai Jing-Wei: A Chinese classic on ophthalmology.

Provides detailed descriptions of the etiology, symptomatology, and therapy of every eye disease known to fifteenth-century Chinese practitioners. The translators' introduction also provides the first in-depth analysi…