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NR 1-3/2005
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Historia
neurookulistyki w Edynburgu. Część I
The history of
neuro-ophthalmology in Edinburgh. Part I.
Andrzej Grzybowski
Z Zakładu Historii Nauk Medycznych Akademii Medycznej im. Karola
Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Kierownik: dr hab. n. med. Roman Meissner |
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| Summary: |
The Edinburgh Medical
School occupies a unique position in the history of
medicine. It gave the three famous clinicians and
scientists who significantly developed the fundamentals
of neuro-ophthalmology: Sir Charles Bell, Douglas Argyll
Robertson and Harry Moss Traquair.
Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842) was a Scottish anatomist,
physiologist, neurologist and surgeon who enjoyed a
distinguished career in London and Edinburgh during the
first half of the nineteenth century. He was a prolific
medical writer, a brilliant researcher and a skilled
artist.
Argyll Robertson (AR) (1837-1909) was the first surgeon
in Scotland to practise entirely in the field of
ophthalmology. In 1869 Robertson published the records
of cases, which showed that disease of the spinal cord
is sometimes associated with loss of the light reflex of
the pupil but retention of its movement in accommodation.
Harry Moss Traquair (1875-1954) was one of the founders
of neuro-ophthalmology, being concentrated on bitemporal
hemianopia, the course of the geniculo-calcarine visual
pathway, pituitary tumours, optic nerve diseases (including
acute retrobulbar neuritis), tobacco amblyopia and
traumatic lesions of the optic tract. In his many
publications, his most outstanding contribution to
medical knowledge was the work which culminated in the
publication, in 1927, of „An Introduction to Clinical
Perimetry”. |
| Słowa kluczowe: |
historia medycyny,
historia okulistyki, historia neuro-okulistyki, historia
Uniwersytetu w Edynburgu, Charles Bell. |
| Key words: |
history of medicine,
history of ophthalmology, history of neuro-ophthalmology,
history of the University in Edinburgh, Charles Bell. |
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