Foundations of Ophthalmology

1. Johannes Kepler and René Descartes: A Retinal Image is Transmitted to the Brain
Ronald S. Fishman

2. Jacques Daviel: The Invention of Modern Cataract Surgery
Daniel M. Albert

3. John Dalton: The Recognition of Color Deficiency
Michael F. Marmor

4. Thomas Young: The Foundations of Light, Color, and Optics
John W. Gittinger

5. Valentin Haüy and Louis Braille: Enabling Education for the Blind
Alan R. Morse

6. Jan Evangelista Purkinje: Visual Physiologist
Gerald A. Fishman, Marlene Fishman

7. Franciscus Donders: The Management of Anomalies of Refraction
David G. Harper

8. Hermann von Helmholtz: The Power of Ophthalmoscopy
James G. Ravin

9. Albrecht von Graefe: The Beginnings of Scientific Ophthalmology and Education
Steven A. Newman

10. Karl Koller: The Introduction of Local Anesthesia
Ronald S. Fishman

11. Allvar Gullstrand: Dioptrics of the Eye and the Slit Lamp
Richard Keeler

12. Marie Curie: Radiation as a Medium That Can Cure
Jasmine H. Francis

13. Jules Gonin: Proving the Cause and Cure of Retinal Detachment
Michael F. Marmor, Balder P. Gloor

14. Harold Ridley: The Development of a Plastic Implantable Lens
Curtis E. Margo

15. Arnall Patz and Norman Alston: Oxygen and Retinopathy of Prematurity
Monte D. Mills, Graham E. Quinn

16. Charles Kelman: Phacoemulsification and Small Incision Cataract Surgery
Norman B. Medow

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Ophthalmology