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Stroymayr's manuscript was discovered in Lindau in 1909, and remained unpublished until the above edition, which reproduced his drawings in color.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