Facets

1880 CE–1881 CE

#5918

Symmetrical changes in the region of the yellow spot in each eye of an infant.

Tay was the first to describe amaurotic familial idiocy, his paper dealing mainly with the ocular manifestations. The condition later became known as “Tay-Sachs’s disease” (see also No. 4705).

1867 CE

#5899

Symptomenlehre der Augenmuskellähmungen.

The first thorough account of paralysis of the eye muscles, and the basis for their surgical treatment. The first section describes conditions resulting from injuries to the eye muscles. The second part outlines physi…

1917 CE

#5966

Tests for colour-blindness.

Ishihara’s color tests. 15th ed., 1960.

1932 CE

#1531

Text-book of ophthalmology. Vol. 1. The development, form, and function of the visual apparatus.

1927 CE

#1528

The action of light on the eye.

On the electrical discharges from the vertebrate optic nerve.

1994 CE

#11655

The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). Edited by David M. Reifler.

A history of the first twenty-five years of the ASOPRS, plus a history of ophthalmic plastic surgery from 2500 B.C. to A.D. 1994.

1941 CE

#1533.1

The anatomy and the histology of the retina in man, ape, and monkey.

A scholarly tour-de-force with a bibliography of over 700 references.

1834 CE

#1497

The anatomy of the human eye.

First English work on ocular anatomy.

1885 CE

#1520

The anatomy of the muscles, ligaments and fasciae of the orbit, including an account of the capsule of Tenon, the check ligaments of the recti, and the suspensory ligaments of the eye.

“Lockwood’s suspensory ligament” of the globe of the eye.

1960 CE

#10488

The atlases of ophthalmoscopy: A bibliography, 1850-1960.

1886 CE

#5930

The bacillus of acute conjunctival catarrh or “pink eye”.

In 1883 Koch discovered the bacilli of two different forms of infectious conjunctivitis (Egyptian ophthalmia); in 1886. Weeks discovered the same organism to be the cause of “pink-eye”. The organism has be…

1996 CE

#7012

The Bernard Becker collection in ophthalmology. An annotated catalogue. Third edition, compiled by Lilla Wechsler, Christopher Hoolihan, Mark F. Weimer.

1928 CE

#5814.1

The book of the ten treatises on the eye ascribed to Hunain Ibn Is-hâq. The earliest existing systematic text-book of ophthalmology. The Arabic text from the only two known manuscripts, with an English translation and glossary by Max Meyerhof.

The earliest extant systematic textbook of ophthalmology. The Arabs were the first to make a specialty of ophthalmology.

1937 CE

#9441

The cataract operations of 'Ammar Ibn Alī Al-Mausilī by Max Meyerhof.

Mausilī invented a hollow metallic syringe, which he applied through the sclerotic, and successfully extracted cataracts through suction.

1912 CE

#12589

The causes and prevention of miners' nystagmus.

Abstract "Miners' nystagmus is an occupational neurosis which is confined to workers in coal mines. The chief symptom and physical sign is a rotatory oscillation of the eyeballs, which prevents the miner from accurate…

1945 CE–1946 CE

#14276

The chemical evolution of vision.

In this paper Wald identified structures for all the visual pigments and their peak absorption wavelengths. He detailed the function of the rods and cones and broke down visual photonic perception at the molecular lev…

1892 CE

#12786

The collected papers of Sir W. Bowman. Edited by J. Burdon-Sanderson and J. W. Hulke. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1908 CE

#6002

The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870.

Of limited value, but the only available history of early American ophthalmology.

1928 CE

#7392

The development of the human eye.

The first monograph on the subject, illustrated with drawings by the author.

1906 CE

#13574

The eye and nervous system: Their diagnostic relations by various authors. Edited by Wm. Campbell Posey and William G. Spiller.

The first comprehensive treatise in English on neuro-ophthalmology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

2013 CE

#7133

The eye in history. Edited by Frank Joseph Goes.

Explains scentific subjects and procedures for the lay person or general practitioner and then discusses the history of these topics; well-documented with bibliographical references; illustrated in color throughout.

1997 CE

#7463

The eye of the artist.

1917 CE

#7116

The fundus oculi of birds especially as viewed by the ophthalmoscope. A study in comparative anatomy and physiology. Illustrated by 143 drawings... also by sixty-one colored paintings prepared for this work by Arthur W. Head.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.

2013 CE

#13661

The history of color blindness. Translated from the original French manuscript by Colin Mailer.

2020 CE

#13658

The history of glaucoma.

1998 CE

#7394

The history of modern cataract surgery.

2004 CE

#13657

The history of ophthalmology in Japan.

1996 CE

#7015

The history of ophthalmology.

1917 CE

#12959

The Indian operation of couching for cataract. Incorporating The Hunterian Lectures....

Prefaced by an extensive historical introduction; the remainder of the text being of historical significance in the 21st century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1927 CE

#5350.8

The insect transmission of Onchocerca volvulus (Leuckart, 1893), the cause of worm nodules in man in Africa.

The fly Simulium damnosum shown to be the vector of onchocerciasis.

1950 CE

#14277

The interconversion of the retinenes and vitamins A in vitro.

Continuing his research on retinal pigments structure and function with emphais on rhodopsin, Wald deciphered the interconversion of rhodopsin to retinene to Vitamin A. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its…

1878 CE

#7745

The life and education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the deaf, dumb, and blind girl.

Biography of Laura Bridgman (1829-89, the first deaf-blind person ever to read, write, and converse in the finger alphabet. The book includes a signed holograph facsimile of Bridgman's widely circulated religious poem…

1927 CE

#1530

The nature of the intra-ocular fluids.

1966 CE

#7398

The ocular fundus in neurologic disease: A diagnostic manual and stereo atlas.

Photographs by Diane Beeston.

1996 CE–1997 CE

#10850

The ophthalmoscope - Der Augenspiegel. Textbook and atlas. 2 vols. Translated by Donald L. Blanchard.

1904 CE–1908 CE

#5947

The pathology of the eye. 4 vols.

1993 CE

#7399

The pupil: Anatomy, physiology and clinical applications. 2 vols.

1955 CE

#8391

The Ramesseum papyri. Edited by Sir Alan Gardiner. 2 vols.

A collection of ancient Egyptian medical documents from the early 18th century BCE, found in the temple of the Ramesseum. As with most ancient Egyptian medical papyri, these documents mainly concern ailments, diseases…

1938 CE

#1532

The responses of single optic nerve fibers of the vertebrate eye to illumination of the retina.

Hartline continued and extended the work initiated by Adrian and Matthews on electrical discharges from the optic nerve. See also his later papers In the same journal, 1940, 130, 690-711. Reprinted with historical int…

1910 CE

#5958

The small flap incision for glaucoma.

Herbert’s small flap sclerotomy.

1876 CE

#4216

The state of the arteries in Bright’s disease.

Gowers’s important account of the changes in the retinal vessels in Bright’s disease is reproduced in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 605-11.

1903 CE

#1525.1

The time relations of the photo-electric changes in the eyeball of the frog.

First correct electroretinograms.

1957 CE

#7404

The vertebrate visual system. Edited by Heinrich Klüver.

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.

1768 CE

#11733

The works of Robert Whytt, M.D. Late physician to his Majesty.... Published by his son.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1879 CE

#4560

Topische Diagnostik der Gehirnkrankheiten.

On p. 220 is the description of unilateral oculomotor paralysis combined with cerebellar ataxia, “Nothnagel’s syndrome”.

1880 CE–1889 CE

#5919

Traité complet de l’ophtalmologie. 4 vols.

1709 CE

#5825

Traité de la cataracte et du glaucoma.

Brisseau was the first to demonstrate the true nature and location of cataract. His book was reprinted in facsimile, 1921.

1561 CE

#3574

Traité des hernies... et autres excellentes parties de chirurgie assavior de la pierre, des cataractes des yeux, & autres maladies...

Greatly expanded second edition, including Franco's operations for cataract and urinary calculi. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

1707 CE

#5824

Traité des maladies de l’oeil

Called “the Father of French ophthalmology”, Maître-Jan energetically supported Brisseau’s doctrine, ensuring its acceptance. As far back as 1692, Maître-Jan had proved that the opaque le…