02637nam 2200613 a 450 991097069540332120240501010820.097890629984639062998461(CKB)1000000000794110(EBL)449441(OCoLC)609842306(SSID)ssj0000357364(PQKBManifestationID)12080029(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357364(PQKBWorkID)10353978(PQKB)10414803(MiAaPQ)EBC449441(Au-PeEL)EBL449441(CaPaEBR)ebr10505622(Perlego)2885219(EXLCZ)99100000000079411020111129d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBrief history of vision and ocular medicine /by Wolfgang H. Vogel and Andreas Berke1st ed.Amsterdam Wayenborgh Publishers20091 online resource (271 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9789062992201 906299220X 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 bOphthalmologyHistoryVisionHistoryOphthalmologyHistory.VisionHistory.617.7617.7/061617.7061Vogel Wolfgang H57351Berke Andreas1805170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970695403321Brief history of vision and ocular medicine4353619UNINA