1738 MANNI, Domenico Maria (1690 – 1788)
Degli occhiali da naso inventati da Salvino Armati…
The first book on the history of spectacles. Manni gave credit for the invention to the Florentine Armati (fl. 1300).
GMN 5991.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7105
1783 JUGLER, Johann Heinrich (1758 – 1812)
Bibliothecae ophthalmicae specimen primum eruditorum examini subjicit.
The earliest bibliography and history of ophthalmology.
GMN 5992 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7109
1876 MAGNUS, Hugo Friedrich (1842 – 1907)
Geschichte des grauen Staares.
An early history of cataract.
GMN 5993 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7112
1877 HIRSCH, August (1817 – 1894)
Geschichte der Ophthalmologie. In: GRAEFE and SAEMISCH, Handbuch der gesammten Augenheilkunde 7, Theil 5, 235-554
The first systematic history of the subject.
GMN 5994 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7116
1877 –1882 PLATEAU, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand (1801 – 1883)
Bibliographie analytique des principaux phénomènes subjectifs de la vision, depuis les temps anciens jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe siècle, suivie d'une bibliographie simple pour la partie écoulée du siècle actuel.
Première section: Persistance des impressions sur la rétine. Deuxième section: couleurs accidentelles ordinaires du succession. Troisième section: images qui succèdent à la contemplation d'objets brillants. Quatrième …
GMN 9640 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11827
1899 –1918 HIRSCHBERG, Julius (1843 – 1925)
Geschichte der Augenheilkunde. 10 pts.
This monumental work remains the authoritative encyclopaedic history of ophthalmology, up to the first decade of the 20th century. Its thoroughness and critical judgment mark it as one of the greatest of all histories…
GMN 5996 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7119
1901 MAGNUS, Hugo Friedrich (1842 – 1907)
Die Augenheilkunde der Alten.
A history of ancient ophthalmology in which the writer has attempted to reconstruct the anatomical concepts of the ancient Greeks. Translated into English by Richey L. Waugh as Ophthalmology of the ancients, Oostende:…
GMN 5997 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7122
1901 PANSIER, Pierre (1864 – 1939)
Histoire des lunettes.
GMN 5998 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7123
1901 HIRSCHBERG, Julius (1843 – 1925)
Katalog der Bücher-Sammlung von J. Hirschberg. (Vom Verfasser Überreicht.)
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13429 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15701
1902 HIRSCHBERG, Julius (1843 – 1925); AVICENNA, [Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Sīnā] (980 – 1037); LIPPERT, Julius (1839 – 1909)
Die Augenheilkunde des Ibn Sina aus dem Arabischen Übersetzt und Erläutert.
Translation of Book III, Fan III of Avicenna's Canon pertaining to the eye and its diseases. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 8824 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11002
1903 PANSIER, Pierre (1864 – 1939)
Histoire de l’ophtalmologie. In. P.F. Lagrange and E. Valude: Encyclopédie française d’ophtalmologie, Paris, 1, 1-86.
GMN 5999 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7126
1903 BOCK, Emil (1857 – 1916)
Die Brille und ihre Geschichte.
GMN 6000 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7128
1905 PUSCHMANN, Theodor (1844 – 1899); HORSTMANN, Carl (1847 – 1912)
Geschichte der Augenheilkunde. Handbuch der Geschichte de Medizin 3, 489-572
GMN 6001 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7133
1905 HIRSCHBERG, Julius (1843 – 1925); LIPPERT, Julius (1839 – 1909); MITTWOCH, Eugen (1876 – 1942)
Die arabischen Lehrbücher der Augenheilkunde. Ein Capitel zur arabischen Litteraturegeschichte. Unter Mitwirkung von J. Lippert und E. Mittwoch. Bearbeitet von J. Hirschberg.
Digital facsimile of the 1905 edition from the Internet Archive at this link. Translated into English as The Arabian Ophthalmologists, compiled from original texts by J. Hirschberg, J. Lippert and E. Mittwoch and tran…
GMN 12519 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14754
1908 HUBBELL, Alvin Allace (1846 – 1911)
The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870.
Of limited value, but the only available history of early American ophthalmology.
GMN 6002 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7138
1917 ELLIOT, Robert Henry (1864 – 1936)
The Indian operation of couching for cataract. Incorporating The Hunterian Lectures....
Prefaced by an extensive historical introduction; the remainder of the text being of historical significance in the 21st century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12959 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15206
1921 GREEFF, Richard (1862 – 1938)
Die Erfindung der Augengläser.
GMN 6003 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7145
1922 SELIGMANN, Siegfried (1870 – 1926)
Die Zauberkraft des Auges und das Berufen. Ein Kapitel der Geschichte der Aberglaubens.
GMN 9249 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11431
1932 –1957 SUTCLIFFE, John Hamer (1867 – 1941); MITCHELL, Margaret ( – 1993); CHITTELL, Edith
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.
GMN 7023 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9190
1933 JAMES, Robert Rutson (1881 – 1959)
Studies in the history of ophthalmology in England prior to the year 1800.
GMN 6004 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7148
1937 MEYERHOF, Max (1874 – 1945); IBN ALĪ AL MAUSILĪ, 'Ammār (996 – 1020)
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.
GMN 9441 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11624
1943 HUGHES, Wendell L. (1900 – 1994)
Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.
Most of this work is a very carefully documented history of the subject. Bibliography of 451 references.
GMN 5768.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6760
1948 SORSBY, Arnold (1900 – 1980)
A short history of ophthalmology. 2nd ed.
GMN 6006 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7152
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
1971 RUCKER, C. Wilbur (1900 – 1991)
A history of the ophthalmoscope.
GMN 6007.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7158
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
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
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
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
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 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 –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
2009 LANTHONY, Philippe (1929 – 2014); MAILER, Colin
Art and ophthalmology: The impact of eye diseases on painters. Translated by Colin Mailer.
GMN 13662 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15944
2011 ALBERT, Daniel Myron (1936 – ); ATZEN, Sarah L.
Chevalier John Taylor, England's early oculist: Pretender or pioneer?
The unusually colorful career of the pioneer oculist, notorious for his flamboyant behavior, self-promotion, proflific writings, and for blinding both Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. The authors disc…
GMN 7667 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9839
2013 GOES, Frank Joseph
The eye in history. Edited by Frank Joseph Goes.
Explains scentific subjects and procedures for the lay person or general practitioner and then discusses the history of these topics; well-documented with bibliographical references; illustrated in color throughout.
GMN 7133 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9300
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