The history of stereoscopy.- Helmholtz, the first reformer of ophthalmology.- Christoph Scheiner's eye studies.- Jules Janssen (1824-1907): From ophthalmology to astronomy.- John Cunningham Saunders (1773-1810): His contribution to the surgery of congenital cataracts.- Thomas Hall Shastid (1866-1947): America's forgotten historian of ophthalmology.- William R. Wilde (1815-1876) in Vienna.- Noelle Chome-Bercioux (1898-1990), Jules Gonin's public relations' officer.- Professor Gama Pinto and the beginning of Portuguese ophthalmology.- The first Danish Chairs of Ophthalmology.- Ophthalmology in Europe in the days of the French Revolution.- The present status of the Hirschberg Library.- A case of eye disease (Lippitudo) on the Roman frontier in Britain.- Some Byzantine chroniclers and historians on ophthalmological topics.- The penalty of blinding during Byzantine times.- Miraculous ophthalmological therapies in Byzantium.- The development of ophthalmology in the former German Democratic Republic after 1945.
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The history of stereoscopy. - Helmholtz, the first reformer of ophthalmology. - Christoph Scheiner s eye studies. - Jules Janssen (1824 1907): From ophthalmology to astronomy. - John Cunningham Saunders (1773 1810): His contribution to the surgery of congenital cataracts. - Thomas Hall Shastid (1866 1947): America s forgotten historian of ophthalmology. - William R. Wilde (1815 1876) in Vienna. - Noelle Chome-Bercioux (1898 1990), Jules Gonin s public relations officer. - Professor Gama Pinto and the beginning of Portuguese ophthalmology. - The first Danish Chairs of Ophthalmology. - Ophthalmology in Europe in the days of the French Revolution. - The present status of the Hirschberg Library. - A case of eye disease (Lippitudo) on the Roman frontier in Britain. - Some Byzantine chroniclers and historians on ophthalmological topics. - The penalty of blinding during Byzantine times. - Miraculous ophthalmological therapies in Byzantium. - The development of ophthalmology in the former German Democratic Republic after 1945.
