The eye in antiquity : history of medicine : SAMJ forum
Aristotle was probably the first to convincingly describe the optic nerve. Human dissection, initiated by the Alexandrians in Hellenistic times, established the correct structure of the eye and the course of the optic nerves. The anatomical descriptions of Herophilus, in particular, were not improve...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | South African medical journal 2008-09, Vol.98 (9), p.697-700 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Aristotle was probably the first to convincingly describe the optic nerve. Human dissection, initiated by the Alexandrians in Hellenistic times, established the correct structure of the eye and the course of the optic nerves. The anatomical descriptions of Herophilus, in particular, were not improved on for 18 centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 0256-9574 2078-5135 |