History of Ophthalmology 1: Sub auspiciis Academiae Ophthalmologicae Internationalis

Front Matter....Pages i-v
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Four legends about Hippocrates....Pages 3-8
Eye votives in Greek antiquity....Pages 9-17
Leonardo and the eye....Pages 19-34
Ophthalmological lore in the Corpus Hippocraticum....Pages 35-45
The representation of the eye in African and Oceanian art....Pages 47-56
The Utrecht Ophthalmic Hospital and the development of tonometry in the 19th century....Pages 57-63
The Utrecht Ophthalmic Hospital and the development of the ophthalmoscope....Pages 65-69
The foundation of experimental ophthalmology by Theodor Leber....Pages 71-77
Georg Joseph Beer: A review of his life and contributions....Pages 79-103
The first German textbook of ophthalmology “Augendienst” by G. Bartisch, 1583....Pages 105-114
The professors of ophthalmology at the University of Leipzig in the first half of the 20th century....Pages 115-120
“Eye Injuries” by the Byzantine writer Aetios Amidinos....Pages 121-124
The lacrimal surgery of Petrus Camper and his contemporaries....Pages 125-133
The French Egyptian campaign and its effects on ophthalmology....Pages 135-144
The appointment of Johan Widmark to the first chair in ophthalmology in Stockholm 1891....Pages 145-156
A historical outline of Greek ophthalmology from the Hellenistic period up to the establishment of the first universities....Pages 157-169
History of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society....Pages 171-176
The general development of Chinese ophthalmology from its beginnings to the 18th century....Pages 177-184