EC Ophthalmology

An interesting and amusing tour of 4.000 years of medicine, including ophthalmology: “Curiosities in Medicine” by Sibylle Scholtz, Myriam Becker, Lee MacMorris, Achim Langenbucher, Springer, Cham (Switzerland) 2023, Hardcover, 306 pages, 48, - Euro, ISBN: 9783031140013.

Maybe these facts should be part of the exam as ophthalmologist? For example, the excitement of the young ophthalmologist Gerd Meyer-Schwickerath, when he watched a spectacle that has fascinated human beings since our inception: a solar eclipse. It was July 10^th, 1945, and looking up at the sky made one forget, for a few minutes, the misery and horror of the past few years. Over the next years, Meyer-Schwickerath was fascinated by the idea of using the power of sunlight to... well, what for? Anyone who cannot answer this question should quickly delve into the history of ophthalmology.