Facets

1847 CE

#5862

A manual of the principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery.

The last important English work on opthalmology published before the invention of the ophthalmoscope. Jones did not appreciate the prototype ophthalmoscope devised by Charles Babbage, and shown to him in 1847. After t…

1845 CE

#5859

Anatomische Untersuchungen über die sogenannten leuchtenden Augen bei den Wirbelthieren.

Von Brücke studied the luminosity of the eye in animals, and by passing a tube through a candle flame, was able to see the fundus. See also the same journal, 1847, 225-27.

1863 CE

#5892

Atlas der Ophthalmoscopie. Darstellung des Augengrundes im gesunden und krankhaften Zustande enthalten.

First atlas of the fundus. The author was an assistant to Helmholtz at the time of the invention of the ophthalmoscope. The work is illustrated with reproductions of his own paintings. Text in French and German. Engli…

1921 CE

#1527

Atlas der Spaltlampenmikroskopie des lebenden Auges.

An important work on the biomicroscopy of the eye. Second ed. greatly revised and enlarged, vol. 1-2, Springer, 1930-31; vol. 3, Stuttgart, F. Enke, 1942; vol. 3 (English translation) Zurich, 1947. Second ed. reprinte…

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.

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

#1533

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

Electroretinography

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.

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 …

1937 CE

#5988.1

Fundus oculi: diagnostica oftalmoscopica…

The first atlas of ophthalmoscopy published in Italy, considered by many to be the most beautiful ever published. German translation, Torino, Rosenberg und Sellier, [1941]. Some copies of that edition contain an Engli…

1971 CE

#7405

Histology of the human eye.

Hogan and Alvarado's work was the first book on histology of the eye to include electron microscopy. It also reproduced spectacular three-dimensional representations of ocular ultrastructures by Joan Esperson Weddell.

1858 CE

#5883

Klinische Analyse der Motilitätsstörungendes Auges.

Alfred Carl Graefe, cousin of Albrecht, made a careful clinical analysis of disordered movements of the eye. He also invented a special “localization ophthalmoscope”, and, with Saemisch, edited the great H…

1865 CE

#1511.1

Method att objectivera effecten av ljusintryck pa retina.

Discovery of the electroretinogram, the beginning of the use of electrophysiological methods for studying visual systems.

1863 CE–1865 CE

#4537

Observations on defects of sight in brain disease.

In this work Jackson showed the importance of the ophthalmoscope in the investigation of diseases of the nervous system. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1939, 3, 918-26.

1846 CE

#5861

On a luminous appearance of the human eye, and its application to the detection of disease of the retina and posterior part of the eye.

While a student at the London Hospital, Cumming, by shading the eye of a fellow student from the light, was able to look directly into it and obtain both the retinal reflex and the white light from the entrance of the…

2001 CE

#13576

One hundred important ophthalmology books of the 20th century.

http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/dept/20thcenturybooks/100Books.htm#TOC "One hundred 20th century ophthalmic books arranged chronologically within each subspecialty area. The subspecialty areas themselves are arranged ro…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

1960 CE

#10488

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

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.

1996 CE–1997 CE

#10850

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

1871 CE

#10123

Traité des opérations qui se pratiquent sur l'oeil.

Published in fascicules beginning in 1870. Includes 22 original mounted albumen photographs by Montméja illustrating chapters on cataract, iridectomy, strabismus, eyelids, and lacrymal passages. There are also …