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Heritage of Ophthalmology: a Philatelic view
Author(s) -
ZEYEN T
Publication year - 2012
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/j.1755-3768.2012.554.x
Subject(s) - chose , optometry , scope (computer science) , medicine , ophthalmology , computer science , political science , law , programming language
Stamp collecting is one of the world’s most popular hobbies. Many collectors limit their scope to particular countries or themes. For obvious reasons I chose to collect stamps related to ophthalmology. Searching for them and learning about their back story has been a pleasant way to discover parts of the heritage of ophthalmology. I will present photographs of a selection of my stamps introducing our forerunners, showing famous ophthalmologists, ophthalmologists who chose a different path and well‐known blind people, representing eye diseases and aids for blind, and commemorating important congresses.