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1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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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Ophthalmology -- History.
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Eye -- Diseases -- History.
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Ophthalmology -- history |
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Eye Diseases -- history |
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Ophtalmologie -- Histoire.
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Œil -- Maladies -- Histoire.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Vision.
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MEDICAL -- Ophthalmology.
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Eye -- Diseases
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Ophthalmology
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Visuele waarneming.
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Oogheelkunde.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
Berke, Andreas.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vogel, Wolfgang H. Brief history of vision and ocular medicine. Amsterdam : Kugler/Wayenborgh, 2009 9789062992201 (OCoLC)401140894 |
| ISBN |
9789062992201 (electronic bk.) |
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906299220X (electronic bk.) |
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9789062998463 (electronic bk.) |
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9062998461 (electronic bk.) |
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AU@ 000050895804 |
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AU@ 000051352018 |
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DEBBG BV043134265 |
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DEBSZ 42155424X |
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GBVCP 803672144 |
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NZ1 14166877 |
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NZ1 16250423 |
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