Main description:

The Eye in History is a comprehensive manual describing the structure and function of the eye, ocular disorders and their treatment.

Beginning with an introduction to anatomy and discussion on different disorders, the authors also review eye diseases of famous historical people and perception differences between men and women.

The final sections discuss eye surgery and future technologies including the bionic eye, nanotechnology and gene therapy.

Edited by Frank Joseph Goes of the Goes Eye Centre in Belgium, this multi-authored book has contributions from specialists throughout Europe, as well as the USA. 830 full colour images and illustrations assist comprehension.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to structure and function of the eye, ocular disorders and treatment
Includes sections on eye diseases of famous historical people, the art of painting and perception
Discusses future technologies including bionic eye, nanotechnology and gene therapy
Edited by Frank Joseph Goes of Goes Eye Centre, Belgium, with contributions from authors across Europe and the USA

Features 830 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

Section 1: Descriptive

Famous Ophthalmologists
Anatomy of the Human Eye
Accommodation
Daltonism Color Blindness
How We See?
Animal Eyes: The Evolution of the Eye

Section 2: The History

Nature of Light
Anatomy and Function of the Eye
Anatomy of the Central Visual System
The Collyria Eye Drops
Ophthalmoviscosurgical Devices: From Simple Liquids to Surgical Instruments
Invention of Spectacles
Visual Aids-From Reading Stones, Glasses, Contact Lenses, Intraocular Lenses, and Ophthalmic Lasers
Contact Lenses
Glass-spectacles-Spectacle Optics

Section 3: Biometry of the Eye

Growth of the Eye
Refractive Errors

Section 4: Varied Eyes

Do Women See Differently from Men?
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Windows on the World: The Powerful Symbolism of Light

Section 5: Blindness

Blindness-The Problem in Ancient and Modern Times

Section 6: The Art of Painting and the Eye

The Artist and the Eye
The Influence of Eye Diseases on the Works of Painters
Ametropia and Painting
Accommodation and Painting
William Turner
Claude Monet

Section 7: Eye Diseases

Famous Historical Persons
Bach: When the Angels Play for God, They Play Bach
Gustav Adolf
Saint Odilia
Saint Lucia and Other Patron Saints of the Blind
The Eye of the Sovereign
Arthur Conan Doyle
Myopia of the Rulers of Nations

Section 8: Major Important Steps by a Single Person in the Improvement of the Function of the Eye

Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham: Madman or Brilliant Physicist?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Louis Braille
John Dalton
Otto Wichterle
Gerhard Meyer Schwickerath and His Story of the "Trapped Sun" S

Section 9: Eye Surgery

Cataract
Corneal Surgery
Refractive Surgery
Posterior Eye Segment Surgery Vitreous Retinal Surgery

Section 10: The Future

The Bionic Eye, Where are the Limits?
The Future of Nanotechnology in Ophthalmology
Gene Therapy in Ophthalmology
Future Trends of Anterior Eye Segment Surgery
Future Trends of Posterior Eye Segment Surgery