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412 entries match Ophthalmology & Vision [C11]

1921

#6003

Die Erfindung der Augengläser.

1922

#4150

A new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia; report of two cases in children.

“Stevens-Johnson syndrome”, a generalized eruption, continued fever, inflamed buccal mucosa, and severe purulent conjunctivitis. B.A. Thomas (Brit. med. J., 1950, 1, 1393) believes this to be merely a severe form of H…

1922

#5967

L’adaption compensatrice de l’oeil.

Introduction of the photometric spectacle lens.

1922

#9249

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

1925

#5968

Gonioscopy and its clinical applications.

Troncoso’s gonioscope.

1925

#5969

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

Intradermal pigment test in sympathetic ophthalmitis.

1925

#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Stroymayr's manuscript was discovered in Lindau in 1909, and remained unpublished until the above edition, which reproduced his drawings in color.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…

1926

#5970

Glaukosantropfen, Glaukomund Akkommodation.

Introduction of glaucosan.

1926

#5971

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

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

1927

#1528

The action of light on the eye.

On the electrical discharges from the vertebrate optic nerve.

1927

#1530

The nature of the intra-ocular fluids.

1927

#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.

1927

#5972

Nouveaux cas de guérison opératoire de décollements rétiniens.

Gonin’s operation of ignipuncture for treatment of detachment of the retina.

1927

#5974

A new operation for removing cataracts with their capsules.

Verhoeffs buttonhole iridectomy.

1928

#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.

1928

#7392

The development of the human eye.

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

1929

#9629

Benevenutus Grassus of Jerusalem De oculis eorumque egritudinibus et curis: Translated with notes and illustrations from the first printed edition, Ferrara, 1474 A.D

1930

#5975

Keratoplasty.

Elschnig developed the method of corneal grafting introduced by von Hippel (No. 5933) and produced good results on the human eye.

1930

#5976

Ueber den Ausgleich sämtlicher Brechungsfehler des Auges durch geschliffene Haftgläser (unter den Lidern getragene Schalen).

The manufacture of modern contact lenses was made possible by the work of Heine. See also his paper in Lancet, 1931, 1, 631-32. For a brief history of this subject, see Schweiz, med. Wschr., 1946, 76, 719.

1930

#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.

1930

#5978

Choroidal sarcoma treated by the intra-ocular insertion of radon needles.

Foster Moore’s technique for the radiation treatment of choroidal neoplasms.

1930

#5979

Transplantation of cornea: a preliminary report on a series of experiments on rabbits.

See also his paper in Brit. J. Ophthal., 1934, 18, 129-42.

1931

#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 also No. 5950.

1931

#5980

Eine neue Ablatiooperation.

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

1931

#4611.2

A clinical study on positional nystagmus in cases of brain tumour.

1932

#1531

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

1932

#5981

Keratoplasty. A historical and experimental study, including a new method.

Castroviejo’s method of keratoplasty.

1932

#5983

Nuestro método original de extracciόn total de la catarata senil: la electrodiafaquia. Primeros ensayos.

Intracapsular extraction of cataract by diathermy with the electro-diaphake. Preliminary report in Klin. Mbl. Augenheilk., 1932, 88, 778-83.

1932

#5984

Behandlung der Netzhautabhebung mit Elektroden für multiple diathermische Stichelung.

Safar’s method of treatment of retinal detachment.

1932 –1957

#7023

British Optical Association Library and Museum catalogue. 3 vols.

Vol. 1 primarlily by Sutcliffe; vol.3 by Mitchell. The 3 volumes describe more than 1000 items; every entry is annotated. The first volume is extensively illustrated.

1933

#1535

Vitamin A in the retina.

Through his research on xerophthalmia, karatomalacia and night blindness Wald revealed the critical function of vitamin A in normal vision and visual pathology. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and their inter…

1933

#5815.1

(Al-morchid fi'l-kohhl) ou, Le guide d'oculistique: Ouvrage inédit de l'oculiste arabe-espagnol, Mohammad ibn Qassoum ibn Aslam al-Ghafiqi (XIIe siècle); traduction des parties ophtalmologiques d’après le manuscrit conservé à la bibliothèque de l’Escurial par Max Meyerhof.

1933

#5985

Ueber Haftgläser und Kontaktschalen.

Contact lenses introduced. See also No. 5976.

1933

#6004

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

1934

#7403

Le décollement de la rétine.

1934

#12575

Onchocerciasis: With special reference to the Central American form of the disease. Parts I, II, III, and IV

In depth study of onchcerciasis in Guatemala, where "the disease was of real importance to human beings" at the time. Each of the 4 authors contributed a separate part of the report.

1935

#5986

Transplantation of the cornea.

Earlier papers recording the important work of Filatov on corneal transplantation appeared in Russian journals.

1936

#5815

Memorandum book of a tenth-century oculist for the use of modern ophthalmologists. A translation of the Tadhkirat.

The Tadhkirat al-Kahhalin was one of the oldest and best of the medieval Arabic works on ophthalmology. It carefully described 130 diseases of the eye and became the standard work on the subject in the Middle East. Ge…

1937

#5987

Developmental abnormalities of the eye.

1937

#5988

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

Vogt’s operation of cyclodiathermy for glaucoma.

1937

#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…

1937

#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.

1938

#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…

1939

#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.

1941

#1533

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

Electroretinography

1941

#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.

1941

#5507

Congenital cataract following German measles in the mother.

Gregg drew attention to congenital defects in infants following rubella in the mother during the early part of pregnancy.

1942

#5989

Extreme prematurity and fibroblastic overgrowth of persistent vascular sheath behind each crystalline lens. I. Preliminary report.

Retrolental fibroplasia first described. See also the same volume, pp. 1409-23, and Trans. Sect. Ophthal. Amer. med. Ass., 1942, 213-29, for later papers.

1942

#7400

Contact lenses.

The first book on contact lenses, recording attempts over the previous hundred years to fit a lens in direct contact with the eye. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1943

#5768.1

Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.

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