| Description |
1 online resource (271 pages) |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ophthalmology -- History
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Vision -- History
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Ophthalmology
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Vision
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berke, Andreas.
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| ISBN |
9789062998463 |
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9062998461 |
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9789062992201 |
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906299220X |
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