Unknown Retina Studies in 19th Century Poland
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Introduction: Despite political restriction of higher education and scholarly activity in 19th C. Poland,
contributions by Polish ophthalmologists were made.
Methods: This historical study is based on analysis of original 19th century ophthalmologic texts and
other literature of the subject.
Results: This report describes little known advances in retinal physiology and pathology in Poland, as
well as the development of two innovative instruments. In clinical ophthalmology Kramsztyk described
circumpapillary cilioretinal anastomoses in central retinal artery occlusion; Bałłaban indicated that there
is no spontaneous pulsation in central retinal vein occlusion; Ziemiński described independently the interesting
patients with Eales' disease; Rumszewicz discussed diagnostic difficulties leading to erroneous
enucleation in retinoblastoma suspected patients. The studies of Nikolski and Dogiel represented the
third earliest good quality fundus photography. Szokalski designed a device for measuring retinal light
sensitivity and Noiszewski an “electrophthalm”, which was supposed to convert the visual stimuli provided
by bright and illuminated objects into tactile ones.
Conclusions: Polish ophthalmologists made interesting observations and innovations in retinology, however,
much of their work was not known to international ophthalmology because it was not translated
into a foreign language.
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