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Hjalmar Schiøtz, the great Norwegian innovator and his ophthalmoscope
Author(s) -
Keeler C. Richard,
Helland Magne,
Albert Daniel M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/aos.12274
Subject(s) - norwegian , innovator , optometry , ophthalmology , medicine , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , intellectual property , operating system
Recently, the authors encountered an intriguing and largely incomplete ophthalmoscope. The quest to identify and restore it led to a re‐evaluation of the evolution of the modern‐day ophthalmoscope and a re‐examination of the life and contributions of its inventor, the Norwegian ophthalmologist Hjalmar August Schiøtz.