Where and when cataract surgery started have been a mystery. Indian tradition and the
Persian author Zarrin-Dast attributed the procedure to the Indians, while pseudo-Galen …

New World plants, such as tobacco, tomato, and chili, were held to have beneficial effects on
the eyes. Indigenous healers rubbed or scraped the eyes or eyelids to treat inflammation …

Purpose To describe the entry of cataract surgery into the British Isles. Methods Handbills,
books, and other historical sources were reviewed to determine when cataract surgery was …

Since Antiquity, votive offerings were deposited in temples dedicated to deities in order to
fulfil a special request of a supplicant. Later, in Orthodox churches, votive offerings entered …

Introduction: John Thomas Woolhouse (1666-1733/1734), who practiced in Paris, was part
of a family with 5 generations of English oculists. Some historians have derided him as a …

Intraocular lenssurgery itself is a safe, standardized procedure, and provides good
outcomes for the patient. Nevertheless, there is always a drive for innovation in the field and …

El proceso de la visión que finaliza con la sensación de ver algo, es decir, con la percepción
de un estímulo visual, comienza con la formación de la imagen del mundo sobre la retina …

Die moderne Kataraktchirurgie ist sicher, standardisiert und liefert gute postoperative
Ergebnisse. Trotzdem fallen dem selbstkritischen Ophthalmologen umfangreiche Bereiche …

The word iris comes from the ancient Greek [Ἶριν–Iris]. First, it was the name of the
messenger God in the Illiad of Homer embodying the rainbow. Later, with the transit of the …

Purpose: The publication of the compendium Pantegni by Constantinus Africanus in the
monastery of Monte Cassino in the eleventh century CE was a pivotal moment in the history …