1943 SANDERS, Murray Jonathan (1910 – 1987); ALEXANDER, R. C.
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. I. Isolation and identification of a filterable virus.
GMN 5990 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7088
1945 –1946 WALD, George (1906 – 1997)
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…
GMN 14276 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16598
1947 GRANIT, Ragnar Arthur (1900 – 1991)
Sensory mechanisms of the retina: with an appendix on electroretinography.
An account of twenty years’ work on the electrical responses of the retina, a discussion of visual purple and visual violet, and an exposition of Granit’s hypothesis of colour vision. His researches have done much to …
GMN 1534 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2861
1947 VAN HOOF, L.
Sur la chimiothérapie de l’onchocercose. (Note préliminaire).
First effective chemotherapy (suramin) for onchocerciasis. With C. Heurard, E. Peel, and M. Wanson.
GMN 5351.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6887
1947 URIBE Y TRONCOSO, Manuel (1867 – 1959)
A treatise on gonioscopy.
The first comprehensive book on gonioscopy.
GMN 7396 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9568
1947 WALSH, Frank Burton (1895 – 1978)
Clinical neuro-ophthalmology.
Considered first textbook on neuro-ophthalmology.
GMN 13575 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15853
1948 SORSBY, Arnold (1900 – 1980)
A short history of ophthalmology. 2nd ed.
GMN 6006 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7152
1949 BARRAQUER MONER, José Ignacio (1916 – 1998)
Actual técnica de elecciόn en queratoplastia penetrante.
Barraquer’s method of corneal graft fixation by minute direct interrupted stitches.
GMN 5990.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7092
1949 BARRAQUER MONER, José Ignacio (1916 – 1998)
Queratoplastia refractiva.
Barraquer was the first to sculpt corneal stromal tissue to change corneal curvature. He developed a procedure which he called "keratomileusis," (sculpting of the cornea). This involved ressecting a disc of anterior c…
GMN 7134 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9301
1950 PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Bibliography of onchocerciasis.
Publication No. 242.
GMN 5352.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6918
1950 WALD, George (1906 – 1997)
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…
GMN 14277 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16599
1951 RIDLEY, Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd (1906 – 2001)
Intra-ocular acrylic lenses.
Ridley implanted the first intra-ocular lens on 19 November 1949. At the time of this first report the lens had remained in place for 17 months.
GMN 5991 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7098
1955 GARDINER, Sir Alan Henderson (1879 – 1963)
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…
GMN 8391 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10568
1957 FEIFAN, Tang
Studies on the etiology of trachoma with special reference to isolation of the virus in chick embryo.
Isolation of trachoma agent, Chlamydia trachomatis. With H. L. Chang, Y. T. Huang, and K. C. Wang.
GMN 5991.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7102
1957 POLYAK, Stephen Lucian (1889 – 1955)
The vertebrate visual system. Edited by Heinrich Klüver.
GMN 7404 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9576
1958 FRANÇOIS, Jules (1907 – 1984)
L’Hérédité en ophtalmologie.
English translation St. Louis: C.V. Mosby, 1961.
GMN 7401 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9573
1959 FRANÇOIS, Jules (1907 – 1984)
Les cataractes congénitales.
GMN 7402 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9574
1960 KEYS, Thomas Edward (1908 – 1995); RUCKER, C. Wilbur (1900 – 1991)
The atlases of ophthalmoscopy: A bibliography, 1850-1960.
GMN 10488 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12681
1961 DRAEGER, Jörg
Geschichte der Tonometrie.
Revised and enlarged English translation with deceptive title: Tonometry: physical fundamentals, development of methods and clinical application, New York, Hafner, 1966.
GMN 6007 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7154
1966 HOYT, William Fletcher; BEESTON, Diane
The ocular fundus in neurologic disease: A diagnostic manual and stereo atlas.
Photographs by Diane Beeston.
GMN 7398 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9570
1971 RUCKER, C. Wilbur (1900 – 1991)
A history of the ophthalmoscope.
GMN 6007.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7158
1971 HOGAN, Michael J. (1907 – 1976); ALVARADO, Jorge A.; WEDDELL, Joan Esperson
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.
GMN 7405 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9577
1974 NIELSEN, Harald
Ancient ophthalmological agents: A pharmaco-historical study of the collyria and seals used during Roman antiquity, as well as of the most frequent components of the collyria.
GMN 8280 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10456
1975 KELMAN, Charles D. (1930 – 2004)
Phacoemulsification and aspiration: the Kelman technique of cataract removal.
Kelman introduced phacoemulsification in 1967.
GMN 7393 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9565
1981 HAUGWITZ, Thilo von
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.
GMN 6007.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7162
1986 BOSNIAK, Stephen L.
History and tradition [of ophthalmic plastic surgery].
A collection of articles by various authors, including partial reprint of No. 5768.1 and 6005.
GMN 5768.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7167
1987 SEILER, Theo (1949 – ); WOLLENSAK, J
Correction of astigmatism with the excimer laser.
In 1985 Seiler performed the first large area ablation in a human eye to remove a corneal scar, having previously performed T-incisions with an excimer laser to correct for astigmatism.
GMN 7136 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9303
1988 BISCHOFF, Hans-Dieter; QAYSI, Fath al-Din ibn 'Uthman ibn Hibat Allah ( – 1250)
Das Ergebnis des Nachdenkens über die Behandlung der Augenkrankheiten von Fath ad-Dīn al-Qaisī. Übersetzung des arabischen Textes, Kommentar von Hans-Dieter Bischoff.
GMN 12520 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14755
1990 PALLIKARIS, Ionnis (Παλλήκαρης Ιωάννης) (1947 – ); ET AL
Laser in situ keratomileusis.
Though several researchers developed the procedures for using an excimer laser to perform in situ karatomileusis (LASIK), "Pallikaris also independently conceived of a hinged flap using a microkeratome he had specific…
GMN 7135 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9302
1991 KEAN, Benjamin Harrison (1912 – 1993); SUN, Tsieh; ELLSWORTH, Robert Malcolm (1928 – 1994)
Color atlas/text of ophthalmic parasitology. Edited by B. H. Kean, Tsieh Sun, and Robert M. Ellsworth.
Probably the first ophthalmic textbook devoted exclusively to parasitic infections, discussing diseases caused by protozoa, nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, and arthropods.
GMN 12650 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14892
1993 ALBERT, Daniel Myron (1936 – ); HENKIND, Paul (1933 – 1986)
Men of vision: Lives of notable figures in ophthalmology.
GMN 7022 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9189
1993 LOEWENFELD, Irene E.
The pupil: Anatomy, physiology and clinical applications. 2 vols.
GMN 7399 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9571
1994 MARGANNE, Marie-Hélène
L'ophtalmologie dans l'Egypte gréco-romaine d'après les papyrus littéraires grecs.
GMN 8281 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10457
1994 REIFLER, David M.
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.
GMN 11655 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13856
1995 ALBERT, Daniel Myron (1936 – ); NORTON, Edward W. D. (1922 – 1994); HURTES, Reva
Source book of ophthalmology.
An annotated bibliography of significant books in the history of ophthalmology, with brief biographical notes regarding authors.
GMN 7014 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9180
1996 ROSENTHAL, J. William (1922 – 2007)
Spectacles and other vision aids: A history and guide to collecting.
The most comprehensive history of the development of spectacles and other vision aids in Europe, America, Japan, and China. With over 780 photographs, of which 310 are in color.
GMN 6907 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9071
1996 BECKER, Bernard (1920 – 2013)
The Bernard Becker collection in ophthalmology. An annotated catalogue. Third edition, compiled by Lilla Wechsler, Christopher Hoolihan, Mark F. Weimer.
GMN 7012 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9178
1996 ALBERT, Daniel Myron (1936 – ); EDWARDS, Diane D.; ET AL
The history of ophthalmology.
GMN 7015 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9181
1996 TONKELAAR, Isolde den; HENKES, Harold E.; LEERSUM, Gijsbert K. van
Eye and instruments: Nineteenth-century ophthalmological instruments in the Netherlands.
Extremely high quality color images throughout compliment the expert text.
GMN 7024 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9191
1996 GRASSI, Benevenuto [Benevenutus Grassus] (1100 – ); ELDREDGE, L. M. (1931 – )
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.
GMN 9605 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11792
1996 –1997 SCHETT, Alfred
The ophthalmoscope - Der Augenspiegel. Textbook and atlas. 2 vols. Translated by Donald L. Blanchard.
GMN 10850 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13046
1997 MARMOR, Michael F. (1941 – ); RAVIN, James G.
The eye of the artist.
GMN 7463 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9635
1998 KELMAN, Charles D. (1930 – 2004); KWITKO, M. L.
The history of modern cataract surgery.
GMN 7394 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9566
1999 UNSCHULD, Paul Ulrich (1943 – ); KOVACS, Jürgen
Essential subtleties on the silver sea: The Yin-Hai Jing-Wei: A Chinese classic on ophthalmology.
Provides detailed descriptions of the etiology, symptomatology, and therapy of every eye disease known to fifteenth-century Chinese practitioners. The translators' introduction also provides the first in-depth analysi…
GMN 10093 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12282
1999 MANNIS, Avi A.; MANNIS, Mark J.
Corneal transplantation: A history in profiles. Edited by Mark J. Mannis and Avi A. Mannis.
GMN 12189 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14399
2001 THOMPSON, H. Stanley; BLANCHARD, Donald L.
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…
GMN 13576 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15854
2002 ALBERT, Daniel Myron (1936 – )
Dates in ophthalmology.
An annotated chronological listing of significant events in the history of ophthalmology.
GMN 7013 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9179
2002 VON NOORDEN, Gunther K. (1928 – 2017)
History of strabismology.
GMN 13659 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15940
2004 MISHIMA, Saichi; ET AL
The history of ophthalmology in Japan.
GMN 13657 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15938
2007 ILARDI, Vincent (1926 – 2009)
Renaissance vision from spectacles to telescopes.
Through an examination of original economic documents, as well as scientific documents, Ilardi discovered that Florence rather than Venice was the 15th-century center for making eye glasses and that lenses for farsigh…
GMN 7775 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9947
