A Short History of Ophthalmology.

A Short History of Ophthalmology

a number of which have been recently written, and shows that the ophthalmic art has an interesting history which goes back to ancient times, and the author has very successfully endeavoured to trace the various components of ophthalmology up to the present age. The history is divided into different periods, the ancient East, the Greek period, the Arabian period, the Western Middle Ages, and the...

History of ophthalmology 1

group psychology indicate that the trust we place in ethics committees may need re-examination. The heavy emphasis placed on science in contemporary medical education may harbour dangers for our patients today and tomorrow, which a critical historical perspective such as that presented here may help to avert. In recent years, there have been a spate of political anniversaries conveniently linke...

history of ophthalmology in iran

iran enjoys a glorious history in medicine, ophthalmology and optics and has introduced several great physicians and ophthalmologists to the world. the history of ophthalmology dates back to 6000 years ago; unfortunately we have no manuscripts or petrographies from those eras. the oldest document about ophthalmic diseases can be found in avesta. furthermore, as early as 1600 years ago, genta sh...

A Synopsis of the History of Ophthalmology

IT is my pleasant privilege, as a member of the Honorary Medical Staff, to extend to you a warm welcome at the beginning of this session. You are now part of a great team which is running this hospital and, as such, you will be called upon to perform your allotted tasks. This hospital may be comparatively young in years, but our forefathers have endowed us with many advantages, and our aim shou...

History of ophthalmology in Hawaii.