The History of Strabismology: Hirschberg History of Ophthalmology: The Monographs.

von Noorden GK, ed. US$145. Belgium: Wayenborgh, 2002.

For those who specialise in the treatment of ocular motility disorders, it seems at times as though time has stood still. Compared with the technical and surgical innovations that have characterised the modern history of the treatment of cornea and retinal diseases, strabismologists have continued to use techniques and instruments devised in the mid-19th century. However, after reading von Noorden's The History of Strabismology, it becomes clear that the history of our specialty has been characterised by physicians and scientists possessing remarkable creativity and intellect striving to understand how the eyes move and the brain sees.

The History of Strabismology is the ninth volume of The History of Ophthalmology, a planned 21 volume series of monographs intending to comprehensively review the history of ophthalmology from ancient times to the current day. …