02585nam 2200577 a 450 991045489360332120200520144314.090-6299-846-1(CKB)1000000000794110(EBL)449441(OCoLC)609842306(SSID)ssj0000357364(PQKBManifestationID)12080029(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357364(PQKBWorkID)10353978(PQKB)10414803(MiAaPQ)EBC449441(Au-PeEL)EBL449441(CaPaEBR)ebr10505622(EXLCZ)99100000000079411020111129d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBrief history of vision and ocular medicine[electronic resource] /by Wolfgang H. Vogel and Andreas BerkeAmsterdam Wayenborgh Publishers20091 online resource (271 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-6299-220-X Includes bibliographical references.Introduction; History of Prehistoric Times; Introduction to Ancient History; Ancient Mesopotamia; Ancient India; Ancient Egypt; Ancient China; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Early Medieval Ages; Medieval Islamic Medicine; The Renaissance; Early Modern Times; Western Modern Times; References; Glossary; AcknowledgementsThe history and development of vision and ocular medicine over time always occurred within a framework of many other cultural events. Thus, it is important to understand these factors before one can appreciate how vision and ocular medicine were viewed and practiced at a particular time and in a particular region, and how both slowly progressed over the centuries.Ocular medicine is, and always has been, a part of medicine, and is influenced by its theoretical and practical principles, as well as its diagnostic and therapeutic practices. If the ancient people thought that diseases were caused bOphthalmologyHistoryVisionHistoryElectronic books.OphthalmologyHistory.VisionHistory.617.7617.7/061617.7061Vogel Wolfgang H57351Berke Andreas957937MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454893603321Brief history of vision and ocular medicine2170227UNINA