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Illustrating those disorders with photographs and drawings, the work is widely known as Gass's Atlas and is now in its fourth edition. In preparing his book, Dr. Gass helped to pioneer the use of fluorescein angiography , a test that traces a vegetable dye injected into blood vessels within the retina, and so reveals signature patterns of ...
This is a list of instruments used in ophthalmology. [1] Instrument list. A complete list of ophthalmic instruments can be found below: Instrument Uses Toric Marker:
Julio Arturo Grullón Julia (February 8, 1869 – July 14, 1942) was a Dominican painter, ophthalmologist, and educator.A student of influential Puerto Rican intellectual Eugenio María de Hostos, Grullón is considered one of the forerunners of Dominican national art, and remembered as one of the founders of Dominican surgery.
Drawing of Jacques Guillemeau (1550-1613) Jacques Guillemeau (1550–1613) was a French surgeon from Orléans. He is credited for making pioneer contributions in the fields of obstetrics, ophthalmology and pediatrics. He was a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, and a favored student of Ambroise Paré (1510–1590), who was also his father-in-law ...
An example of the Landolt C eye chart (also known as the Japanese eye chart). Numerous types of eye charts exist and are used in various situations. For example, the Snellen chart is designed for use at 6 meters or 20 feet, and is thus appropriate for testing distance vision, while the ETDRS chart is designed for use at 4 meters. [16]
Abbreviation Term Description (notes) AC: Anterior chamber: fluid-filled space between the iris and the endothelium: AC 4/4: Grade 4 anterior chamber angle: open angle between cornea and iris
MNT spoke with Alexander Solomon, MD, surgical neuro-ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon of Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, about ...
Herman Snellen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛrmɑn ˈsnɛlə(n)], February 19, 1834 – January 18, 1908) was a Dutch ophthalmologist who in 1862 introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity. He took over directorship of the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients (Nederlandsch Gasthuis voor Ooglijders), after Franciscus Donders.