Friedrich August von Ammon Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Bildungsfehler des menschlichen Auges 1838 - 1847

Ammon, Friedrich August von, 1799-1861. Clinical presentation of the diseases and structural abnormalities of the human eye. German.

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Friedrich August von Ammon's Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Bildungsfehler des menschlichen Auges, a small folio published in four parts between 1838 and 1847, and illustrated with 54 plates containing about 1000 figures of eye diseases, mostly hand-colored, is the most comprehensive summary of knowledge of eye diseases prior to Helmholtz's introduction of the ophthalmoscope in 1851. Ammon (1799-1861) became director of the Dresden Institute for the Education of Blind Children in 1824, and was also professor of general pathology, material medica, and clinical medicine and surgery at Dresden's Medical-Surgical Academy. He had an extensive practice, especially in eye diseases, was personal physician to King Friedrich August, and founder of the Zeitschrift Für Opthalmologie.

—J. Norman, 2006