Facets

1850 CE

#5864

Opérations qui se pratiquent sur les yeux.

1930 CE

#5977

Operative Behandlung von Netzhautabhebung mit Elektroendothermie und Trepanation; vorläufige Mitteilung.

Superficial diathermy treatment of retinal detachment. See also Arch Ophthal. (N.Y.), 1932, 7, 661-80.

1676 CE

#1481.2

Ophthalmo-graphia; sive, oculi eiusque partium descriptio anatomica.

First English treatise on the anatomy of the eye. Briggs described the papilla of the optic disc and hypothesized that vibrations caused by rays of light striking fibers of the retina were conveyed to the papilla, and…

2013 CE

#13660

Ophthalmologia: Optica et visio in nummis.

1981 CE

#6007.2

Ophthalmologisch-optische Untersuchungsgeräte.

English translation by F.C. Blodi as The history of optical instruments for the examination of the eye, Bonn: J. P. Wayenborgh, 1986.

1801 CE

#5834.1

Ophthalmologische Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen oder Beyträge zur richtigen Kenntniss und Behandlung der Augen im gesunden und kranken Zustande. Erstes Stück.

Himly used hyoscyamine to dilate the pupil to facilitate removal of the lens. (p. 97).

1855 CE

#5877

Ophthalmoskopische Notizen 4. Seitliche Beleuchtung und mikroskopische Untersuchung am lebenden Auge.

Liebreich introduced lateral illumination in microscopic investigation of the living eye.

1869 CE

#5904

Opthalmoskopischer Hand-Atlas.

A fine atlas which was for many years unsurpassed. The illustrations were reproduced from Jaeger’s own paintings, each of which required from 20 to 50 sittings of from two to three hours each. English translatio…

1572 CE

#10937

Opticae thesaurus: Alhazeni Arabis libri septem, nunc primum editi; Eiusdem liber De Crepusculis et nubium ascensionibus. Edited by Friedrich Risner.

The Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age Alhazen made significant contributions to the principles of optics and the theory of visual perception in his Opticae thesaurus. Risner's edi…

1613 CE

#13260

Opticorum libri sex philosophis juxta ac mathematicis utiles.

This work, beautifully printed by the Plantin-Moretus Press, includes an engraved title page and illustrations heading each chapter by Peter Paul Rubens. It contains one of the first studies of binocular vision. Digit…

1855 CE

#1511

Osservazioni sul nervo ottico.

Panizza was the first to attribute the vision function to the posterior cortex.

1583 CE

#5817

̓Oφθαλμоδоύλεια das ist, Augendienst.

In this treatise on ophthalmic surgery Bartisch, who limited his practice to ophthalmology and hernia repair, left the first extensively illustrated account of any surgical specialty. Bartisch was a skilful operator a…

1892 CE

#1473

Persistence of vision.

Ferry modified Weber’s law on the relationship between stimulus and sensation. Following the work of Porter, Proc. roy. Soc. (Lond.), 1898, 63, 347; 1902, 70, 313, the term “Ferry–Porter Law” c…

1975 CE

#7393

Phacoemulsification and aspiration: the Kelman technique of cataract removal.

Kelman introduced phacoemulsification in 1967.

1791 CE

#5833.2

Praktische Beobachtungen über verschiedene, vorzüglich aber über jene Augenkrankheiten, welche aus allgemeinen Krankheiten des Körpers entspringen.

“This is the first monograph ever published dealing with ocular signs of systemic disease. It deals with lacrimal fistulas, trichiasis, adhesions of the lids, lid ulcers, ephiphora, and ocular inflammations. He …

1789 CE–1790 CE

#5833.1

Précis ou cours d’ opérations sur la chirurgie des yeux. 2 vols.,

The first separate book on ophthalmic surgery.

1862 CE

#5890

Probebuchstaben zur Bestimmung der Sehschärfe.

Snellen’s test-types (“Optotypi”) which soon gained acceptance in all civilized countries. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1837 CE

#5851

Procéde pour écrire au moyen des points.

Braille, himself blind, modified the system of elevated points first suggested by Charles Barbier in 1820 for enabling the blind to read. In 1837 he added symbols for mathematics and music to his six dot system.

1702 CE

#5823

Propempticon inaugurale, De fistula lacrimali. Published as addendum to: LANGE, ERNST CHRISTIAN. Disputatio inauguralis medica de affectibus oculorum in genere… sub praesidio… Stahl.

Stahl was the first to treat lacrimal fistula on the basis of correct anatomical understanding. He described his treatment in an addendum to the thesis on eye disease of his student, Lange.

1811 CE

#5841

Prüfung der Keratonyxis, einer neuen Methode den grauen Staar durch die Homhaut zu recliniren oder zu zerstückeln.

Langenbeck’s operation of iridencleisis for construction of artificial pupil. He was Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Göttingen.

1931 CE

#4611

Pseudo-Argyll Robertson pupils with absent tendon reflexes; a benign disorder simulating tabes dorsalis.

“Adie’s syndrome”; see also his later paper in Brain, 1932, 55, 98-113. It was earlier reported by J. Strasberger, by A. Saenger and by M. Nonne in Neurol. Zbl., 1902, 21, 738, 837, and 1000. See als…

1855 CE

#5876

Quelques considérations sur la nature de l’ophthalmie dite militaire, par rapport à son apparition dans l’armée danoise depuis 1851.

Description of trachoma.

1949 CE

#7134

Queratoplastia refractiva.

Barraquer was the first to sculpt corneal stromal tissue to change corneal curvature. He developed a procedure which he called "keratomileusis," (sculpting of the cornea). This involved ressecting a disc of anterior c…

1824 CE

#1493

Recherches expérimentales sur les propriétés et les fonctions du système nerveux, dans les animaux vertébrés.

Experimental proof that vision depends on the integrity of the cerebral cortex. See No. 1391 for his first paper on the subject. Partial English translation in von Bonin, Some papers on the cerebral cortex, Springfiel…

1943 CE

#5768.1

Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.

Most of this work is a very carefully documented history of the subject. Bibliography of 451 references.

2007 CE

#7775

Renaissance vision from spectacles to telescopes.

Through an examination of original economic documents, as well as scientific documents, Ilardi discovered that Florence rather than Venice was the 15th-century center for making eye glasses and that lenses for farsigh…

1915 CE

#5964

Report of one hundred successive extractions of cataract in the capsule after subluxation with the capsule forceps.

Knapp’s method of extraction of cataract with forceps. See also his later paper in the same journal, 1921, 50, 426-30.

1854 CE

#5874

Report on the ophthalmoscope.

Jones reported that Charles Babbage (1792-1871), the computer pioneer, had produced a simple ophthalmoscope in 1847. After the success of Helmholtz’s instrument in 1851 (No. 5866) Jones wrote about Babbage&rsquo…

1869 CE

#3938

Retinitis in glycosuria.

First investigation of retinitis accompanying glycosuria.

1765 CE

#1485

Ricerche de motu del iride.

An investigation of how and why the iris contracts. See P.K. Knoefel, Felice Fontana: life and works, Trento, [1984], See also No.2103.

1767 CE

#2103

Ricerche fisiche sopra il veleno della vipera.

The starting point of modern investigations of serpent venoms and their antidotes. This work also includes Fontana’s description of the ciliary canal in the eye of an ox. This structure does not appear in the hu…

1801 CE

#5835

Saggio di osservazioni e d’esperienze sulle principali malattie degli occhi.

This beautifully illustrated work was the first textbook on the subject to be published in the Italian language. Its author has been called “the father of Italian ophthalmology”. English translation, Londo…

1843 CE

#5858

Schriftnummerprobe für Gesichtsleidende.

Küchler introduced test readings of print at a distance, for examination of patients.

1860 CE

#5887

Schriftskalen. 3te. Aufl.

Jaeger first introduced his test types in 1854; Emil Fuchs improved them in 1895.

1918 CE–1973 CE

#82

Sebrané spisy. Opera omnia. Tom. 1-12.

Purkynĕ was Professor of Physiology at Breslau and Prague. Eminent as physiologist and microscopist, he was first to use the microtome. See Kruta, V. J.E. Purkynĕ, Physiologist. A short account of his contributions&he…

1947 CE

#1534

Sensory mechanisms of the retina: with an appendix on electroretinography.

An account of twenty years’ work on the electrical responses of the retina, a discussion of visual purple and visual violet, and an exposition of Granit’s hypothesis of colour vision. His researches have d…

1902 CE

#1525

Some observations on the visual purple of the retina.

Edridge-Green first put forward his theories on the function of the retinal rods and of the visual purple about 1889. See also his Physiology of vision, 1920.

1995 CE

#7014

Source book of ophthalmology.

An annotated bibliography of significant books in the history of ophthalmology, with brief biographical notes regarding authors.

1996 CE

#6907

Spectacles and other vision aids: A history and guide to collecting.

The most comprehensive history of the development of spectacles and other vision aids in Europe, America, Japan, and China. With over 780 photographs, of which 310 are in color.

1873 CE

#1515.1

Studien über den Flüssigkeitswechsel im Auge.

Leber discovered how the ciliary body excretes intraocular fluid.

1926 CE

#5971

Studien über Kleinhirncysten. Bau, Pathogenese und Beziehungen zur Angiomatosis retinae.

Lindau’s important histological study of hemangiomatosis retinae (“Lindau’s disease”).

1910 CE

#5957

Studien zur sympathischen Ophthalmie. 1. Wirkung von Antigenen vom Augeninnem aus.

Elschnig suggested the anaphylactic theory of the pathogenesis of sympathetic ophthalmia.

1933 CE

#6004

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

1957 CE

#5991.1

Studies on the etiology of trachoma with special reference to isolation of the virus in chick embryo.

Isolation of trachoma agent, Chlamydia trachomatis. With H. L. Chang, Y. T. Huang, and K. C. Wang.

1947 CE

#5351.4

Sur la chimiothérapie de l’onchocercose. (Note préliminaire).

First effective chemotherapy (suramin) for onchocerciasis. With C. Heurard, E. Peel, and M. Wanson.

1867 CE

#5901

Sur un nouvel instrument pour la détermination de l’astigmatisme.

Javal invented the astigmometer, and described it in the above paper.

1770 CE

#5336.2

Sur un ver trouvé sous la conjunctive, à Maribou, isle Saint-Domingue.

First description of the worm Loa loa. Mongin was a French surgeon working in the West Indies. English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1).

1753 CE

#5829

Sur une nouvelle méthode de guérir la cataracte par l’extraction du cristalin.

Daviel originated the modern method of treating cataract by extraction of the lens. By the time he made this official scientific report to the Academy of Surgery, Daviel had already tested his method on 206 cases, wit…

1844 CE–1850 CE

#11

Suśrutas. Áyruvédas. Id est medicinae systema a venerabili d'hanvantare demonstratum a Suśruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanksríta in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit Dr. Franciscus Hessler. 3 vols.

First translation of the Suśruta Samhitā into Latin, and the first publication of this text in the West. Suśruta is said to have lived in the 6th or 5th centuries, BCE. The principal medical contribution of the ancien…

1865 CE–1872 CE

#5895

Suture of the flap, after extraction of cataract.

A method of suturing the flap after cataract extraction was introduced by Williams.