Julius Hirschberg : THE HISTORY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Volume 11/1a  :The Reform of Ophthalmology (I)

 

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

  

 Volume 11/part 1a

  

  

  

  

  

 §1001.

 Introduction

 5

 §1002.

 Hermann von Helmholtz

 7

  

 Dioptrics

 8

 §1003.

 Anatomy of the visual system

 11

 §1005.

 Ernst Brücke (1819-1892)

 13

 §1007.

 Histology of the eye

 18

 §1008.

 The pathologic anatomy of the visual organ

 20

 §1009.

 The physiology of the visual organ

 21

 §1010.

 Goethe and the color theory

 23

 §1011.

 The natural philosophers

 30

 §1012.

 Seebeck and the history of color blindness

 36

 §1013.

 Johannes Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869)

 44

 §1014.

 Purkinje's contribution to ophthalmology and visual physiology

 47

 §1015.

 Johannes Müller (1801-1858)

 52

 §1016.

 Publications by Johannes Müller concerning the physiology of the visual system

 55

 §1018.

 Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1800-1877)

 70

 §1021.

 Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894)

 83

 §1022.

 The publications by Helmholtz

 90

 §1023.

 The precursors of the ophthalmoscope

 97

 §1024.

 Further comments to the invention of the

 104

 §1025.

 Helmholtz' successors

 110

 §1026.

 Resistance against the ophthalmoscope

 116

 §1027.

 Acceptance by the practicing physiciens

 119

  

 The annual reviews

 122

 §1028.

 The introduction of the ophthalmoscope*

 123

 §1029.

 Bibliography of ophthalmoscopy

 126

 §1031.

 Ophthalmoscopic atlases

 145

 §1032.

 Atlas der Ophthalmoskopie, by Dr. Richard Liebreich .

 155

 §1033.

 The development of ophthalmoscopic knowledge

 160

 §1034.

 Final observations on ophthalmoscopy

 163

 §1035.

 The ophthalmometer

 164

  

 Brief History of the Ophthalmometer

 166

 §1036.

 Accommodation

 172

 §1037.

 The «Handbuch der physiologischen Optik»

 173

 §1038.

 Frans Cornelis Donders (1818-1889)

 179

 §1039.

 Donders, the investigator, teacher and practitioner

 183

 §1040.

 Donders' main contribution: his book on the anomalies of accommodation and refraction

 187

 §1041.

 The new terminology introduced by Donders

 190

 §1042.

 The historical remarks

 191

  

 The history of Hypermetropia

 192

 §1043.

 The history of Myopia

 194

 §1044.

 The History of Astigmalism .

 195

 §1044A.

 The history of Mydriatics and Miotics;

 201

  

 History of Paresis of Accommodation

 201

 §1045.

 Bibliography of disturbances of refraction and accommodation

 202

 §1046.

 The ophthalmic publications by C.F. Donders

 203

 §1050.

 Albrecht von Graefe (1828-1870)

 214

 §1051.

 Bibliographie

 215

 §1052.

 Childhood

 217

  

 His Education

 217

 §1053.

 Years of travels

 219

 §1054.

 Graefe, the master of ophthalmology

 222

 §1055.

 The turning point in Graefe's scientific career

 226

 §1057.

 Graefe's private life

 230

 §1059.

 His relationship wilh the outside physiciens

 241

 §1060.

 The tragic end of Graefe's life

 243

  

 The Graefe Monument

 247

 §1062.

 Albrecht von Graefe was involved in the foundation of three institutes

 248

 §1064.

 A. v. Graefe's scientific work

 257

 §1069.

 Envy and Grudge

 272

 §1076.

 Among the choroidal diseases A. v. Graefe concerned himself especially with the so-called sclerotico-chorioiditis posterior

 286

 §1084.

 Errors of refraction and disturbances of ocular motility .

 304

 §1085.

 Parasites and tumors

 305

 §1086.

 Contributions to therapy and surgery

 308

 §1087.

 The relationship of ocular diseases to pathologie changes in other organs and systemic diseases

 311