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The art of applying to Canadian medical schools

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Rosemary Marchant. --Toronto, ON: Worksafe Incorporated , c2012.

Call Number: WB 290 M315 2012

Location: Halifax Infirmary

This is a book on how to apply to Canadian medical schools. The approach coaches the student through the process of choosing the most appropriate schools to apply to. It also helps the applicant to present themselves effectively.

Call Number: WB 290 M315 2012

Author: Marchant, Rosemary

Responsibility: Rosemary Marchant

Alternate Title: Applying to Canadian medical schools

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: Worksafe Incorporated

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 234 p.

Subjects (MeSH): Medical colleges - Canada; Schools, Medical - Canada; Interviews as Topic - Canada; Job Application - Canada

Abstract: This is a book on how to apply to Canadian medical schools. The approach coaches the student through the process of choosing the most appropriate schools to apply to. It also helps the applicant to present themselves effectively.

Contents: Introduction -- Who are Medical Schools Seeking? -- What particular abilities are the admission committees seeking? Cognitive abilities: Non-cognitive abilities; Physical abilities; Selection process -- What is the success rate? -- When to apply? -- What if I was rejected last year, should I reapply? -- How to apply -- Considerations in the choice of medical schools -- Essays and long answers: Essay application requirements; General rules for writing essays; Constructing a paragraph; General approach to the long essay -- McMaster University’s CASPer -- The interview: Traditional interview: Multiple mini interviews; Interview preparation; At the interview; Sound advice -- Referees and verifiers -- Peak Performance: Using our thoughts to create success -- Will I get in? -- Integrity -- Appendices -- Biography.

Format: Book

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Copies: 1

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Call me doctor

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Neilson, Shane. --Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press , 2006.

Call Number: WZ 100 N414c 2006

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Call Number: WZ 100 N414c 2006

Author: Neilson, Shane

Place of Publication: Lawrencetown Beach, NS

Publisher: Pottersfield Press

Date of Publication: 2006

Physical Description: 142 p.

ISBN: 9781895900781

Subjects (MeSH): Physicians - Canada - Biography

Format: Book

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Canada's mystery man of high finance : the story of Izaak Walton Killam ...

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[by] Douglas How. --Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press , 1986.

Call Number: HG 172 K55 H68 1986

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Call Number: HG 172 K55 H68 1986

Author: How, Douglas

Responsibility: [by] Douglas How

Place of Publication: Hantsport, NS

Publisher: Lancelot Press

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 173 p. : ports.

ISBN: 088999305X

Subjects (MeSH): Capitalists and Financiers - Biography; Killam, Izaak Walton, 1885-1955; Killam, Dorothy Johnston, 1899-1965; Canada

Notes: Spine title: Mystery man of finance.

Format: Book

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Copies: 1

Loan Period: 2 weeks

A century of homeopaths : their influence on medicine and health

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Jonathan Davidson. --New York: Springer , c2014.

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"As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence. Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach. However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlooked. A Century of Homeopaths is a detailed account of the many homeopaths who have contributed to medical progress since 1840. The accomplishments of over 100 homeopaths form the organizing structure o…

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Author: Davidson, Jonathan R. T

Responsibility: Jonathan Davidson

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages)

ISBN: 9781493905270 (electronic book); 9781493905263

Subjects (MeSH): Homeopathy - Biography; Homeopathy - History; History of Medicine

Subjects (LCSH): Homeopathic physicians - Biography; Homeopathy - History; Homeopathy - Biography; Health Personnel - Biography; History, 19th Century - Biography; History, 20th Century - Biography

Abstract: "As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence. Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach. However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlooked. A Century of Homeopaths is a detailed account of the many homeopaths who have contributed to medical progress since 1840. The accomplishments of over 100 homeopaths form the organizing structure of the book -- many of whom have been lost to history. The text describes the ways in which homeopaths have influenced medical practice, research and public health, as well as the seminal effect of homeopaths in the emergence of today's medical specialties and in social reform, thus providing insights to healthcare professionals, researchers, students and medical historians"--Provided by publisher.

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Samuel Hahnemann: Rebarbative Genius -- 3. Women, Reform, and Medical Leadership -- 4. The Homeopathic Scalpel: Contributions to Surgery from the World of Homeopathy -- 5. Homeopaths and the Dawning of Anesthesiology -- 6. Homeopathy and the Mind: From Alienists to Neuroscientists -- 7. Public Health -- 8. The Early Days of Radiation: Homeopathic Shadows -- 9. Heartbeat, Heart Failure, and Homeopathy -- 10. Allergy and Allergic Disorders: Homeopathic Leaders -- 11. Academic Homeopaths Reinvented -- 12. Oncology -- 13. Other Stars in the Sky -- 14. Congress, Parliament, Presidents, and Monarchs -- 15. Bioethics and the Contributions of Otto Guttentag -- 16. Less Is More: Finding the Right Dose -- 17. A Homeopathic Rogues' Gallery -- 18. Concluding Thoughts.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard : The Biography of a Tormented Genius

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Louis-Cyril Celestin. --Cham: Springer , c2014.

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Genius and dilettantism often go hand in hand. Nowhere is this truer than in the life of Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard, the bilingual physician and neurologist who succeeded Claude Bernard as the Chair of Experimental Medicine at the College de France in Paris after having practiced in Paris, London and in the USA, especially in Harvard. For most men, making one discovery of global importance would have sufficed to satisfy their curiosity and self-image. Not so Brown-Séquard. His explanation of…

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Author: Celestin, Louis-Cyril

Responsibility: Louis-Cyril Celestin

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 281 p. : 13 illus., 1 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9783319030203; 9783319030197 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): History of Medicine; Neurology - history

PersonalSubject: Brown-Séquard, Charles-Edouard, 1817-1894

Abstract: Genius and dilettantism often go hand in hand. Nowhere is this truer than in the life of Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard, the bilingual physician and neurologist who succeeded Claude Bernard as the Chair of Experimental Medicine at the College de France in Paris after having practiced in Paris, London and in the USA, especially in Harvard. For most men, making one discovery of global importance would have sufficed to satisfy their curiosity and self-image. Not so Brown-Séquard. His explanation of the neurological disparity following the hemi-section of the spinal cord was a unique achievement that added his name to the syndrome and made him immortal. Yet, the demons of his mind tormented him in his endless search for medical truths and drove him to explore other phenomena, seeking to explain and remedy them. This unique biography shows for the first time the conflict between his professional and personal life, and should appeal to all students of medical history and psychology.

Contents: Physiology in the Nineteenth Century -- The Birthplace -- The Forebears -- The Formative Years: 1817-1837 -- The Medical Student: 1838-1846 -- The Lone Experimenter: 1846-1851 -- The Visitor to America: 1852-1853 -- The Cholera Physician: 1854 -- The Richmond Professor: 1854-1855 -- The Paris Practitioner: 1856-1857 -- The Itinerant Lecturer: 1856-1859 -- The London Consultant Neurologist: 1860-1864 -- The Harvard Professor: 1864-1867 -- The Paris Course Lecturer: 1869-1872 -- The New York Practitioner: 1872-1874 -- The Indigent Physician: 1874-1877 -- The College de France Professor: 1878-1894 -- The Father of Hormonal Therapy: 1889-1893 -- The Last Years: 1892-1894.

Format: e-Book

Publication Type: Biography

Location: Online

Colonial physician & other essays, The

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Bell, Whitfield Jenks. --New York, NY: Science History Publication , 1975.

Call Number: WZ 140 AP4 B4c 1975 RES Historical Collection

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Sub-Location: RESERVE - Historical Collection

Call Number: WZ 140 AP4 B4c 1975 RES Historical Collection

Author: Bell, Whitfield Jenks

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Science History Publication

Date of Publication: 1975

Physical Description: 235 p.

Subjects (MeSH): History, 18th Century; History of Medicine; Physicians; Pennsylvania

Format: Book

Publication Type: Essays; Biography

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Sub-Location: RESERVE - Historical Collection

Copies: 1

Loan Period: 2 weeks

A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe

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Gabriele Doblhammer, Jordi Gumà, editors. --Cham: SpringerOpen , c2018.

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Access: Open access

Location: Online

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. ; This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependencies. It overcomes the widely observable specialization in demographic research, which usually involves researchers studying either family or fertility processes or focusing on health and mortality…

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Other Authors: Doblhammer, Gabriele; Gumà, Jordi

Responsibility: Gabriele Doblhammer, Jordi Gumà, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: SpringerOpen

Date of Publication: c2018

Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 303 p.) : 28 illus., 18 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319723563; 9783319723556 (Print ed.); 9783319723570 (Print ed.); 9783319891750 (Print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Demography; Epidemiology; Family Characteristics; Gender Identity; Public Health

Other Subjects: Europe

Specialty: Population Health; Social Sciences

Abstract: This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.; This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependencies. It overcomes the widely observable specialization in demographic research, which usually involves researchers studying either family or fertility processes or focusing on health and mortality. Coverage looks at new family and partnership forms among the young and middle-aged, their relationship with health, and the pathways through which they act. Among the old, lifelong family biography and present family situation are explored. Evidence is provided that partners advancing in age start to resemble each other more closely in terms of health, with the health of the partner being a crucial factor of an individual’s own health. Gender-specific health outcomes and pathways are central in the designs of the studies and the discussion of the results. The book compares twelve European countries reflecting different welfare state regimes and offers country-specific studies conducted in Austria, Germany, Italy--all populations which have received less attention in the past--and Sweden. As a result, readers discover the role of different concepts of family and health as well as comparisons within European countries and ethnic groups. It will be an insightful resource for students, academics, policy makers, and researchers that will help define future research in terms of gender and public health.

Contents: Framework -- Summary and Research Implications -- Part I. Keynote Chapters -- Families and Health: A Review -- The New Roles of Men and Women and Implications for Families and Societies -- Sex Differences in Health and Survival -- Part II. Country Specific Chapters -- Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Household Position and Health in Twelve European Countries: Are They Associated with the Value Climate? -- Similarity of Perceived Health Between Household Members: The “Mutual Influences” Hypothesis -- Household Position, Parenthood, and Self-Reported Adult Health. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey -- The Contextual and Household Contribution to Individual Health Status in Germany: What Is the Role of Gender and Migration Background? -- Health-Risk Behaviour of Women and Men—Differences According to Partnership and Parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) Survey 2009–2010 -- Fertility Histories and Health in Later Life in Italy -- The Effect of Current Family Situation on Slow Walking Speed at Old Age.

Access: Open access

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Dr. Alan Brown

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[by] C.S. Anglin...[et al.]. --Toronto, ON: Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) , [1984].

Call Number: WZ 100 B18 1984 RES Historical Collection

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Sub-Location: RESERVE - Historical Collection

Call Number: WZ 100 B18 1984 RES Historical Collection

Author: Anglin, C.S.

Corporate Author: Hospital for Sick Children. Alumni Association

Responsibility: [by] C.S. Anglin...[et al.]

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)

Date of Publication: [1984]

Physical Description: 64 p. : ill., ports.

Subjects (MeSH): Brown, Alan, 1887-1960; Pediatrics; Canada

Format: Book

Publication Type: Biography

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Sub-Location: RESERVE - Historical Collection

Copies: 1

Loan Period: In library use

Encyclopedia of Pathology

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edited by J.H.J.M. van Krieken. --Cham: Springer , c2019.

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This book presents a collection of short biographies and works of the pioneers in pathology, together with a brief history of the European Society of Pathology and the New York Pathological Society. Detailed information is provided on the development and current status of immunohistochemistry, light microscopy and dry preparations in medical education. The alphabetically arranged entries allow readers to quickly and easily find the information they need.

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Other Authors: van Krieken, J.H.J.M.

Responsibility: edited by J.H.J.M. van Krieken

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2019

Physical Description: 1 online resource

Series Title: Springer reference

ISBN: 9783319288451

Subjects (MeSH): Pathologists - biography; Pathology

Specialty: Pathology

Notes: Living edition

Abstract: This book presents a collection of short biographies and works of the pioneers in pathology, together with a brief history of the European Society of Pathology and the New York Pathological Society. Detailed information is provided on the development and current status of immunohistochemistry, light microscopy and dry preparations in medical education. The alphabetically arranged entries allow readers to quickly and easily find the information they need.

Contents: The History of Congenital Abnormalities -- Abbott, Maud (1869-1940) -- Addison, Thomas (1793-1860) -- Aetius of Amida (502-575) -- Anichkov, Nikolaj (1880-1964) -- Araeteus (1st century AD) -- Aschoff, Ludwig (1866-1942) -- Aurelianus, Caelius (5th Century BC) -- Autopsy -- Avenzoar (1070-1162) -- Baillie, Matthew (1761-1823) -- Baló, Joseph (1895-1979) -- Banti, Guido (1852-1925) -- Barrett, Norman (1903-1979) -- Benivieni, Antonio (1443-1502) -- Bennett, John Hughes (1812-1875) -- Bichat, Marie-F-Xav. (1771-1802) -- Bielschowsky, Max (1869-1940) -- Billroth, Theodor (1829-1894) -- Boerhaave, Hermann (1668-1738) -- Bonet, Theophile (1620-1689) -- Bright, Richard (1789-1858) -- Broders, Albert Compton (1885-1964) -- Celsus, Aulus Corn. (?30 BC-30AD) -- Charcot, Jean-Martin (1825-1893) -- Cohnheim, Julius (1839-1884) -- Coons, AH (1912-1978) -- Corvisart, Jean Nicolas (1755-1821) -- Cytopathology -- Dry preparations in medical teaching -- Dukes, Cuthbert Esquire (1890-1977) -- Dupuytren Guillaume (1777-1835) -- Ehrlich, Paul(1854-1915) -- Eijkman, Christiaan (1858-1930) -- Erasistratos (? 310-250 BC) -- Erdheim Jacob (1874-1937) -- History of European Society of Pathology -- Eustachius, Bartelommeo (1524-74) -- Fallopius, Gabriele (1523-1562) -- Fernel, Jean (1497-1558) -- Feulgen Robert (1884-1955) -- Frerischs, Friedich T.Von (1819-85) -- Gleason, Donald F (1920-2009) -- Goodpasture, Ernest W.(1886-1960) -- Grawitz, Paul Albert (1850-1932) -- Harvey,William (1578-1657) -- Heidenheim Rudolph (1834-1897) -- Henle, Jacob (1809-1885) -- Herophilos (335-280 BC) -- Hippocrates (460-370 BC) -- Hodgkin, Thomas (1798-1866) -- Hunter, John (1728-1793) -- Immunohistochemistry -- Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833) -- Klemperer, Paul (1887-1964) -- Koch, Robert (1843-1910) -- Koss, Leopold -- Krompecher, Edmund (1870-1926) -- Kundrat, Hans (1845-1893) -- Laennec, R.T.H. (1781-1826) -- Landsteiner, Karl (1868-1943) -- Leeuwenhoek, A. van (1632-1723) -- Lennert, Karl -- Light microscopy in pathology -- Lilllie, R D -- Lukes, Robert (1922-1994) -- Mallory, Frank Burr (1862-1941) -- Malphigi, Marcello (1628-1694) -- Marchiavava, Ettore (1847-1935) -- Mason, Pierre (1880-1859) -- Metchnikoff, Elie (1845-1916) -- Meyer, Robert (1864-1947) -- Miescher, Johann 1844-1895) -- Morgagni, Giovanni B. (1682-1771) -- Mueller, Johannes (1801-1858) -- Nephropathology -- New York Pathological Society -- Osler, William (1849-1919) -- Paget, James (1814-1899) -- Papanicolaou, Georgios (1883-1962) -- Pathology museums -- Pearse, Antony -- Piringer-Kuchinka, Alexandra (1912 - 2004) -- Pompe, Johannes C (1901-1945) -- Ramón y Cajal, Santiago (1852-1934) -- Raspail Francois V. (1794-1876) -- Recklinghausen F.D. von (1833-1910) -- Reed Mendelhall , Dorothy (1874-1964) -- Robert Remak (1815-1865) -- Rokitanski, Carl von, (1804-1878) -- Russell, Dorothy (1895-1983) -- Schlagenhaufer Friedrich (1866-1930) -- Schönlein, Johann Lukas (1793-1864) -- Schwann, Theodor (1810-1882) -- Scully, Robert E. (1923-2012) -- Semmelweiss , Ignatius (1818-1865).-Senac, Jean-Baptiste de (1693-1770) -- Sternberg, Carl (1972-1935) -- Stout, Arthur Purdy (1885-1967) -- Vesalius, Andreas (1514-1564) -- Virchow, Rudolph (1821-1902) -- Von Waldeyer-Hartz, Heinrich Wilhelm (1836-1921) -- Waldenstrom Jan G (1903-1993) -- Warthin -- Weigert, Karl (1845-1904) -- Welch, William Henry ( 1850-1934) -- Whipple, George Hoyt (1878-1976) -- Willis, Thomas (1621-1675) -- Wilms, Carl Marx Wilhelm (1867-1918) -- Wright, James Homer (1869 ? 1928).

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Publication Type: Encyclopedia

Location: Online

Eponyms and names in obstetrics and gynaecology

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Baskett, Thomas F. (3rd ed.) --New York, NY: Cambridge University Press , 2019.

Call Number: WQ 13 B3158 2019 REF

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Sub-Location: REFERENCE

Call Number: WQ 13 B3158 2019 REF

Author: Baskett, Thomas F.

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Date of Publication: 2019

Physical Description: 521 p. : ill.

ISBN: 9.78E+11

Subjects (MeSH): Genital Diseases, Female; Obstetrics - history; Gynecology - history; Eponyms; History of Medicine

Format: Book

Publication Type: Biography; Dictionary

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Sub-Location: REFERENCE

Copies: 1

Loan Period: In library use

European Oncology Leaders : The CancerFutures Collection, 2001-2004

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Veronesi, Umberto. European School of Oncology. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2005.

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Author: Veronesi, Umberto

Corporate Author: European School of Oncology

Other Authors: Redmond, Kathy

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2005

ISBN: 9783540270690

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Research - Biography; Medical Oncology - Biography

Subjects (LCSH): Oncology

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Foundations of Ophthalmology : Great Insights that Established the Discipline

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Michael F. Marmor, Daniel M. Albert, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2017.

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There have been books over the years discussing the history of ophthalmology, but none that focus directly on just the most critical thinkers whose insights provided the foundation for the discipline. These men and women advanced knowledge about vision, diagnosis, disease mechanisms, and therapy through innovative thinking and perseverance against old ideas. Their stories are intriguing at a personal level and for showing the complexity of advancing medical science and, therefore, should be req…

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Other Authors: Marmor, Michael F; Albert, Daniel M

Responsibility: Michael F. Marmor, Daniel M. Albert, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2017

Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : 155 illus., 55 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319596419; 9783319596402 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): History of Medicine; Ophthalmology - Biography; Ophthalmology - history

Abstract: There have been books over the years discussing the history of ophthalmology, but none that focus directly on just the most critical thinkers whose insights provided the foundation for the discipline. These men and women advanced knowledge about vision, diagnosis, disease mechanisms, and therapy through innovative thinking and perseverance against old ideas. Their stories are intriguing at a personal level and for showing the complexity of advancing medical science and, therefore, should be required reading for anyone practicing ophthalmology. Foundations of Ophthalmology includes giants such as Young (the nature of color and light), Braille (a practical reading system for the blind), Helmholtz (development of the ophthalmoscope), von Graefe (defining glaucoma), Curie (discovery of radiation and the basis of radiation therapy), Gonin (demonstration how to cure retinal detachment), Ridley (serendipity that led to intraocular lenses), and Kelman (development of phacoemulsification that revolutionized cataract surgery).

Contents: 1. Johannes Kepler and René Descartes: A Retinal Image is Transmitted to the Brain -- 2. Jacques Daviel and the Invention of Modern Cataract Surgery -- 3. John Dalton: the Recognition of Color Deficiency -- 4. Thomas Young and the Foundations of Light, Color, and Optics -- 5. Valentin Haüy and Louis Braille: Enabling Education for the Blind -- 6. Jan Evangelista Purkinje: Visual Physiologist -- 7. Franciscus Donders: The Management of Anomalies of Refraction -- 8. Hermann von Helmholtz: The Power of Ophthalmoscopy -- 9. Albrecht von Graefe: The Beginnings of Scientific Ophthalmology and Education -- 10. Karl Koller: The Introduction of Local Anesthesia -- 11. Allvar Gullstrand: Dioptrics of the Eye and the Slit Lamp -- 12. Marie Curie: Radiation as Medium That Can Cure -- 13. Jules Gonin: Proving the Cause and Cure of Retinal Detachment -- 14. Harold Ridley: The Development of a Plastic Implantable Lens -- 15. Arnall Patz and Norman Alston: Oxygen and Retinopathy of Prematurity -- 16. Charles Kelman: Phacoemulsification and Small Incision Cataract Surgery.