Franciscus Cornelis Donders / by Henry W. Williams.

  • Henry Willard Williams
Date:
[1889?]
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Credit: Franciscus Cornelis Donders / by Henry W. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a feeling eulogy of tlie founder, Von Graefe, he sspoke of Von Ilelm- holtz, who, as the inventor of the Ophthalmoscope, had marked the dawn of a new era in our knowledge of diseases of the eye; and of the gratitude due to him for having thus endowed the profession and humanity, taking away the reproach of our former utter ignorance of the pathology of the deep-seated parts of the eye, and well deserving the high award then for the first time made. In May, 1888, Bonders attained his seventieth birthday; at which time, according to the laws of the University of Utrecht, its Professors retire from office. This event was made the occasion of a festal homage, rendered by the King of Holland, the most disthiguished of ^ his fellow countrymen, his fellow citizens, his coadjutors, and by representatives of his disciples and of Ophthalmology from every part of the world. It was an apotheosis. There he gave a most simple and unostentatious narration of his life and work, with grateful ac- knowledgment of the friendships by which he had been encouraged, and of the circumstances by which he had been favored. Once again, in August, 1888, he assumed the place of honor at the Heidelberg annual convocation of Ophthalmologists. Now, alas ! we shall see him no more. Since March the 24th, Ophthalmology mourns its chief, — the world of science one of its brightest ornaments.
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