An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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COHN, Hermann Ludwig

2 entries
  • 1622

Die Hygiene des Auges in den Schulen.

Vienna & Leipzig: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1883.

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.



Subjects: Hygiene, OPHTHALMOLOGY , PUBLIC HEALTH
  • 5931

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

Arb VII. int Congr. Hyg. Demogr., Wien 1, Heft 12, 9-28, 1887 – 1888.

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



Subjects: OPHTHALMOLOGY , PEDIATRICS