- Julius Hirschberg
Julius Hirschberg (1843 – 1925) was a German
ophthalmologist and medicalhistorian .In 1875, Hirschberg coined the term "capimetry" for the measurement of the
visual field on a flat surface [ [http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/ips/PerimetryHistory/4-tangentscreen.htm The age of isopter perimetry ] at webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu] and in 1879 he became the first to use anelectromagnet to remove metallic foreign bodies from theeye . [ [http://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/ophthalmologytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=129362&pageID=1 Manage Account - Modern Medicine ] at www.ophthalmologytimes.com] In 1886, he developed theHirschberg test for measuringstrabismus . [ [http://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/ophthalmologytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=129362&pageID=1 Manage Account - Modern Medicine ] at www.ophthalmologytimes.com] His series "Geschichte der Augenheikunde" ("History of Ophthalmology") written from 1899 to 1917 is considered by some to be one of his greatest achievements. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=789990 (Julius Hirschberg (1843-1925), ophthalmologist an...(Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd. 1976) - PubMed Result ] at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]Notes
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*Snyder C. "Julius Hirschberg, the neglected historian of ophthalmology." "Am J Ophthalmol." 1981 May;91(5):664-76. PMID 7015867 .
*Biro I. " [In memory of Julius Hirschberg.] " "Orv Hetil." 1976 Aug 8;117(32):1953-4. PMID 785335.
*Koelbing HM. " [Julius Hirschberg (1843-1925), ophthalmologist and medical historian (author's transl).] " "Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd." 1976 Jan;168(1):103-8. PMID 789990.
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