Ophthalmology Collection

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862....mechanical model of the eye, ...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated

Portrait of Franciscus Cornelius Donders (1818-1889), July 1, 1884

John Dalton (1766-1844), British physicist and chemist

Shen Shi Yao Han (A Precious Book of Ophthalmology), 1644. Artist: Fu Renyu (active Mid of 17th cen. )
Shen Shi Yao Han (A Precious Book of Ophthalmology), 1644. Private Collection

William Bowman, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
William Bowman, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1880. In 1839 he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Glass manufacturing, 1760. Making crown glass by blowing (left) and plate glass by casting (right). Glass workers were susceptible to cataracts caused by the glare of the furnace

William Bowman, English anatomist, surgeon and ophthalmologist, 1884. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
William Bowman, English anatomist, surgeon and ophthalmologist, 1884. Bowman (1816-1892) was born at Nantwich, Cheshire. After five years at Birmingham General Hospital

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