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F C Blodi

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PubMed1992

[The influence of some ophthalmologists of German origin on the development of American ophthalmology].

German-speaking immigrants came to America at the end of the seventeenth century from Central Europe, in the 19th century predominantly from Germany, in the 20th century from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Herrmann Knapp (1839-1911), 1859 member of Eye Department in Heidelberg, 1867 immigration, 1879 foundation of American Archives of Ophthalmology, continued to be Editor together with his son Arnold until 1948. Julius Homberger (1839-1872), born in Frankfurt, 1861 immigration, foundation of American Journal of Ophthalmology (1862-1865). Favored specialisation in medicine, Secretary of Section of Surgery in the new American Medical Association 1864, expelled 1868. Adolf Alt (1851-1920), 1875 graduation at the University in Heidelberg, 1875 immigration, 1879 publication of his book in English and German "The Normal and Pathological Histology of the Human Eye". In 1883 second foundation of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1896 first president of Western Ophthalmological Society, 1882 member of American Ophthalmological Society. Karl Koller (1857-1944) from Bohemia, 1882 graduation in Vienna, 1884 discovery of anaesthetic effect of cocaine, 1888 immigration, 1889 chief of Mount Sinai Hospital, 1922 Howe-Medal, member of American Ophthalmological Society. Ludwig von Sallman (1892-1975), 1919 graduation in Vienna, 1939 immigration, head of Laboratories of Hermann Knapp Memorial Hospital, New York, 1956 chief of National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Bethesda, 1947 member of American Ophthalmological Society, 1959 Howe-Medal. Bertha A. Klien-Montcreiff (1898-1978), 1925 graduation in Vienna, 1928 immigration to Chicago, 1959 Professor at the University of Chicago, clinicopathological correlation of ophthalmoscopic and histologic findings in oil paintings.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1991

Some famous persons with visual problems as shown on postage stamps.

A number of persons important in all fields of human endeavor became blind or were born blind. The reason for the loss of vision varies a great deal, but many of them continued a productive life and contributed to the welfare and advancement of mankind. It is also surprising how many famous people lost one eye or lost nearly all vision in one eye. These were not only soldiers and warriors exposed to accidental traumas, but also writers, scientists and even physicians.

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PubMed1989

The Tenth Frederick H. Verhoeff lecture. What else did 1864 contribute to ophthalmology?

In summary we can say that the AOS was founded at a time when ophthalmology established itself as an independent scientific medical specialty. A hundred years earlier, in 1750, ophthalmology became an independent surgical specialty when Jacques Daviel of Marseille had begun extracting a cataract instead of merely couching or dislocating the lens. Now in the middle of the 19th century a new era dawned on the ophthalmic horizon. An era which Julius Hirschberg calls "the reform of ophthalmology." It was effected mainly by a group of unusual, gifted and genial scholars. Hermann v. Helmholtz, who not only invented the ophthalmoscope, but established with his handbook physiologic optics as an advanced, sophisticated branch of optics and mathematics; F.C. Donders, who put refraction, refractive errors and accommodation on a sound scientific footing, the great A. v. Graefe, who contributed so much to the concept and treatment of glaucoma, to strabismus, to various diseases of the fundus, to neuro-ophthalmology and to many other fields and finally William Bowman, the great investigator, clinician and surgeon. It was during this time of reform, of fermentation, of maturation, that a group of farsighted American ophthalmologists decided to establish a society to further the aims and objectives of our specialty in America. The time was right; the effort succeeded and our society developed into one of the decisive forces of American ophthalmology. I hope that my address has met the objectives which I had outlined earlier: To present and illuminate the circumstances and external conditions which were effective in 1864 when our society was founded. At the same time I hope I have done justice to the memory of this outstanding American ophthalmologist, Frederick Verhoeff, who contributed so much to the American Ophthalmological Society. On this the quasquicentennial jubilee of the AOS we find the Society healthy and flourishing. May it continue as an association of the most prominent and most promising American ophthalmologists who consider the practice of our specialty a scholarly profession and not a mercenary trade. I can only conclude with wishing the AOS a happy birthday, many successful returns, ad multos annos!

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PubMed1979

Ophthalmology.

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PubMed1979

A clinicopathologic study of orbital and adnexal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

An analysis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the orbital structures was performed at the University of Iowa between 1937 and 1975. Sixteen cases of primary orbital lymphoma were diagnosed. Histopathologic reclassification according to the Rappaport scheme and the clinical course of each histologic sub-category was described. There were 5 patients with reactive hyperplasia, 2 patients with well-differentiated lymphoid proliferation with Dutcher bodies which were also felt to be reactive, 3 patients with diffuse poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma, 4 patients with nodular poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma, and 2 patients with diffuse histiocytic lymphoma. It was concluded that the Rappaport classification is applicable to orbital lymphoid tumors and that those lymphomas which do present as primary tumors should be staged as one would stage the same histologic category of lymphoma presenting in other sites. Radiation therapy appears to be an effective treatment for local control; however, patients with primary orbital lymphoma should undergo observation for systemic disease similar to patients with lymphoma presenting in other sites. Excisional biopsy is recommended to facilitate precise classification.

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PubMed1979

Localized conjunctival amyloidosis.

We treated a patient with localized amyloidosis of the bulbar conjunctiva, which strongly resembled a neoplastic growth. Although the patient suffered from a long-standing, debilitating rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting the possibility of a secondary systemic amyloidosis caused by the chronic effusive process, no specific clinical evidence of systemic amyloidosis was noted. The ocular lesion was, therefore, classified as a primary localized amyloidosis. However, the simple recognition of amyloid in the ocular adnexa should not be considered a complete diagnosis. For such cases in which a prominent underlying systemic disease is present, a thorough medical evaluation and future follow-up should be ensured to rule out the possibility that this represents the initial manifestation of a potentially life-threatening secondary systemic amyloidosis caused by rheumatoid arthritis.

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