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Ophthalmology

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Images from the collections

Images about Ophthalmology

20 images from works
  • Inflamed bloodshot eye defects: three figures. Coloured stipple engraving by H. Adlard.
  • London Ophthalmic Infirmary, and the Catholic church, Finsbury. Coloured engraving by R. Acon after T. H. Shepherd.
  • A sheet showing optical instruments, eye examinations, diagrams to show the effect of lenses and diagrams of the eye with a numbered key. Wood engraving.
  • A sheet of eye examinations and diagrams of the eye with a numbered key. Wood engraving.
  • A man has a joke with his optician. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A sheet showing optical instruments, eye examinations, and diagrams of the eye surgery with a numbered key. Wood engraving.
  • M0014281: Disease of the eye caused by witchcraft, woodcut
  • M0013487: Illustration, possibly depicting area and angle of sight
  • Ophthalmology instruments, eye growths, a cataract operation and other eye defects. Line engraving by R. Parr, 1743-45.
  • A diagram to show the principle of Helmholtz's ophthalmoscope. Pen and ink drawing.

Works from the collections

3,054 works

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    Proceedings of the first South African international ophthalmological sympsoium : Johannesburg, 1-6 September 1968 / edited by Maurice H. Luntz ; consultant editor Hillel A. Shapiro.

    South African International Ophthalmological Symposium 1968 : Johannesburg, South Africa) | Date: 1969
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    Ueber die angeborenen Hornhautverdunklungen / Dr. Fronmüller.

    | Date: 1855
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    Cases illustrating various types of scotoma in the visual field : portion of a lecture on "The visual field as a factor in diagnosis" delivered before the J. M. Da Costa Medical Society of the Jefferson Medical College / by G. E. De Schweinitz.

    De Schweinitz, G. E. (George Edmund), 1858-1938. | Date: [1894?]
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    Experimentelle Beiträge zur Lehre von den Abflusswegen zur Lehre von den Abflusswegen der vorderen Augenkammer : inaugural-dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwürde vorgelegt der hohen medicinischen Facultät der Universität Zurich / von Jacob Morf.

    Morf, Jacob. | Date: 1888
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    Recherches sur les affections glaucomateuses / par le docteur Tavignot.

    | Date: [1846]

Related topics

Eye
Eye
Eye Abnormalities
Eye Diseases
Eye - Abnormalities
Eye Diseases
Eye
Cataract
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Cornea

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