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Author Vogel, Wolfgang H., 1930-

Title Brief history of vision and ocular medicine / by Wolfgang H. Vogel and Andreas Berke
Published Amsterdam : Kugler/Wayenborgh, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents 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; Acknowledgements
Summary The 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 b
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Subject Ophthalmology -- History
Eye -- Diseases -- History
Ophthalmology -- history
Eye Diseases -- history
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Vision.
MEDICAL -- Ophthalmology.
Eye -- Diseases
Ophthalmology
Visuele waarneming.
Oogheelkunde.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Berke, Andreas.
ISBN 9789062992201
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9789062998463
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