The History of the Belfast School of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology
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T'HERE is a quotation from IKipling which runls "God gives all men the earth to love, But since man's heart is small, Ordains for each one spot shall prove Beloved over All." So to-night I propose to give you the history of the Belfast School of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology, the Hospitals comprising it and the men who have made it, also my own personal view as to its future as seen from (1943) to-day. Looking back one hundred years, as it was about that time (1845) that the Belfast Ophthalmic Institute was established, one must remember that even the epic discoveries of Lister and Pasteur were still unknown, and so Medicine, as we know it to-day, was still in a very embryonic state. Al.so, the industrial era had not arrived in Belfast and the population of the town was then only about 85,000 people. To-day our city has a population of almost 500,000 persons, i.e., the population has increased sixfold. At the present time the hospital accommodation in our branch consists of the two special Hospitals, popularly known as The Ophthalmic and The Benn, and of our special departments in the three general and two Children's Hospitals. The first attempt to organise an eye dispensary in Belfast was made in 1816, but it was 1827 before success prevaile(l. Twelve years later the dispensary was closed for reasons now unknown. In 1845, i.e., about one hundred years ago, The Belfast Ophthalmic Institute was established in a house at 35 Mill Street, Belfast, by Dr. Samuel Browne, R.N., J.P., and a few of his friends. Some years later, in 1858, they removed to Donegall Square Mews, and three years later to Howard Street. The attendance was about one thousand per annum, of which it is said two per cent. were cataract cases, and a permanent relief was obtained in sixty per cent. of the cases. About ten per cent. of the cases were ear cases. I he expenses of each patient was said to be eightpence.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1944