Brief History of Vision and Ocular Medicine

Download or read book Brief History of Vision and Ocular Medicine written by Wolfgang H. Vogel and published by Kugler Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.