Lucien Howe, Hereditary Blindness, and the Eugenics Movement
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Lucien Howe, hereditary blindness, and the eugenics movement.
Ophthalmologists admire Lucien Howe, MD (1848-1928) (Figure 1), for his leadership and philanthropy. During his presidency of the American Ophthalmological Society (AOS), the organization established an award for contributions to ophthalmology, now known as the Howe Medal (Figure 2), one of the highest honors in the specialty. In addition, there are 2 other Howe Medals and a Howe Award, each of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.137