Ophthalmology Collection

Eyesight test chart

Colour Blindness Test
Colour blindness test. Computer artwork of an Ishihara colour test card used to check for red- green colour blindness. The card is comprised of red and orange dots on a background of green dots

Eye examination
MODEL RELEASED. MODEL RELEASED. Eye examination. Teenage (16 year old) girl looks through a refractor during an eye examination at an ophthalmologist

Descartes optics theory, 17th century
Descartes optics theory, artwork. This is the eye diagram from Descartes book Optics (1637). Three external points are shown depicted on the retina at the back of the eye

Contact lenses inside a storage pot of saline solution

Eye surgery. Fish-eye lens view of surgeons operating in the Eye Microsurgery Institute, Moscow, in the then Soviet Union, in 1986

Laser eye surgery, artwork
Laser eye surgery. Artwork showing how laser eye surgery is performed. An incision is made into the cornea (light blue), the clear dome-shaped surface that covers the front of the eye

Eye surgery, conceptual artwork
Eye surgery. Conceptual artwork of a human eye with a windscreen wiper being used to produce clear vision. This represents the correction of conditions such as a cataract (cloudiness of the eyes lens)

Eye muscle, TEM C014 / 1468
Eye muscle. Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through a striated muscle cell from the ciliary muscle of a human eye

Sviatoslav Fyodorov (1927-2000), Soviet eye surgeon and politician, photographed in the conveyer-belt operating theatre he developed

Eye muscle, SEM
Eye muscle, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is one of the rectus muscles of the eye. These muscles control the movement of the eyeball within the orbit (the eye socket)

External anatomy of the human eye (with labels)

DAZA DE VALDES, Benito (1591-1634). English scientist and eclesiastic, 17th century (engraving)
CUL4931958 DAZA DE VALDES, Benito (1591-1634). English scientist and eclesiastic, 17th century (engraving); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

Ophthalmology: medical plate showing the different diseases of the eye. Plate from a work by the physician Johannes de
AIS5377043 Ophthalmology: medical plate showing the different diseases of the eye. Plate from a work by the physician Johannes de Gorter (1689-1762) 1780; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

Letters U Usurer; V Harvesters; V Vinegar (manufacturer and dealer of vinegar); Y Eyes (oculist)
DUV4211558 Letters U Usurer; V Harvesters; V Vinegar (manufacturer and dealer of vinegar); Y Eyes (oculist). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers
LUX4809564 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers with its caregivers - The team at work on a patient

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers
LUX4809493 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers with its caregivers, 1903; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire)

Letter Y Eyes (oculist). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"
DUV4211572 Letter Y Eyes (oculist). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers". A work in which a child, while having fun

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers
LUX4809549 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Angers: a team of the ophthalmology department at the hospital of Angers with its caregivers - The team at work on a patient

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. '...mechanical model of the eye,...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated

Votive statuette of the sick invoking the healing of his eyes, from the site of Bithia
LRI4640652 Votive statuette of the sick invoking the healing of his eyes, from the site of Bithia, 3rd or 2nd century BC (terracotta sculpture) by Carthaginian (7th-3rd century BC)

Eye surgery, illustration from Dictionnaire de Medecine d Emile Littre, 1884 (litho)
PCT2648333 Eye surgery, illustration from Dictionnaire de Medecine d Emile Littre, 1884 (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection

Portrait of Franciscus Cornelius Donders (1818-1889), July 1, 1884

In a living room, an old woman sitting with her head held by a doctor
XEE4136912 In a living room, an old woman sitting with her head held by a doctor, holding her hands open in front of her, waits for a second doctor, standing at her side

An ophthalmologist examines the eyes of his patient (Lower relief, 2nd century)
LRI4671951 An ophthalmologist examines the eyes of his patient (Lower relief, 2nd century) by Roman, (2nd century AD); Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome

Cataract operation, 1717 (engraving)
3090827 Cataract operation, 1717 (engraving) by Heister, L. (18th century); Bibliotheque de l Institut d Ophtalmologie, Paris, France; (add.info.: Operation de la Cataracte); German, out of copyright

Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der
CHT236321 Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Blidungsfehler des Mesnschlichen Auges

Ophthalmological teaching apparatus (metal)
CHT236315 Ophthalmological teaching apparatus (metal) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: weights operate as the muscles in the eye; ); eArchives Charmet; French

Opthalmology: the eye and the sight. From "Tractatus de Homine"
LSE4402529 Opthalmology: the eye and the sight. From " Tractatus de Homine" by Rene Descartes, 1664. by French School

Ophthalmological Device, 19th century
CHT200462 Ophthalmological Device, 19th century by French School, (19th century); Musee Pierre-Marly, Paris, France; (add.info)

Anatomy of the eye, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636
CHT236711 Anatomy of the eye, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636) published in Dresden in 1583 (colour woodblock print) (see also 236712) by German School

Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der
CHT236322 Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Blidungsfehler des Menschlichen Auges

The eye seen through a microscope, from Atlas of Ophthalmoscopy
CHT236313 The eye seen through a microscope, from Atlas of Ophthalmoscopy, published in Paris, 1870 (chromolitho) by Liebreich

The Brain, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636
CHT234694 The Brain, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636) published in Dresden in 1583 (coloured woodblock print) by German School

Anatomy of the eye, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636
CHT236712 Anatomy of the eye, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636) published in Dresden in 1583 (colour woodblock print) (see also 236711) by German School

Mask for treating a strabismus, from Ophthalmodouleia
CHT236710 Mask for treating a strabismus, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636) published in Dresden in 1583 (colour woodblock print) by German School

Sick and doctors: the oculist. Cartoon of a doctor during a medical consultation of a
LRI4672290 Sick and doctors: the oculist. Cartoon of a doctor during a medical consultation of a patient for his eyes, 1843 (engraving) by Jacque, Charles Emile (1813-94); Musee de la Ville de Paris

Illustration from Tractatus de Homine by Rene Descartes, 1664 (litho)
LSE2648335 Illustration from Tractatus de Homine by Rene Descartes, 1664 (litho) by French School, (17th century); Private Collection; Photo eLeonard de Selva; French, out of copyright

The operation of the cataract by Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835)
LSE4313872 The operation of the cataract by Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835). Painting by Alexandre Jean Drahonet, pseudonym by Alexandre Jean Dubois (1791-1834), oil on wood, 1811

Treating an eye condition, from Ophthalmodouleia
CHT236708 Treating an eye condition, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636) published in Dresden in 1583 (colour woodblock print) by German School

Treating an eye condition, from Ophthalmodouleia
CHT236707 Treating an eye condition, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636) published in Dresden in 1583 (colour woodblock print) by German School

Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der
CHT236319 Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Blidungsfehler des Mesnschlichen Auges

Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der
CHT236318 Description of congenital eye anomalies, from Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Blidungsfehler des Mesnschlichen Auges

Optics. From: L arte di restituire a Roma la tralasciata navigatione del suo Tevere
FIA5402753 Optics. From: L arte di restituire a Roma la tralasciata navigatione del suo Tevere. Divisa in tre parti, 1. Gl impedimenti, che sono nell alveo del Tevere da Roma a Perugia

illustration in "Opticae Thesaurus"by Alhazen
GIA4784557 illustration in " Opticae Thesaurus" by Alhazen, Abu Ali Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haitham (987-1038 or 965-1039?) - Iraqi mathematician, physicist and philosopher

A Doctor operating on a cataract patient, illustration from the Medical Encyclopedia by
LRI2648334 A Doctor operating on a cataract patient, illustration from the Medical Encyclopedia by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d Alembert, 1772 (litho) by French School

The Tomb of Salvino Armati (d. 1317), engraved by F. Simon
CHT207495 The Tomb of Salvino Armati (d.1317), engraved by F. Simon, frontispiece from Hygiene de la Vue, by Arthur Chevalier (1830-72) 1861 (engraving) (b/w photo) by David, E

Cataract Operation, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636
CHT199758 Cataract Operation, from Ophthalmodouleia by Georg Bartisch (1535-1636) published in Dresden in 1583 (colour woodblock print) by German School

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Ophthalmology, the fascinating realm of eye care and vision health, encompasses a vast array of topics. From color blindness tests to eyesight test charts, this field delves into understanding and improving our visual abilities. Descartes' optics theory from the 17th century laid the foundation for modern ophthalmology, exploring how light interacts with our eyes. Innovations like contact lenses have revolutionized vision correction by providing a comfortable alternative to traditional glasses. Eye examinations play a crucial role in diagnosing various conditions and ensuring optimal eye health. The intricate structure of the retina, responsible for capturing images and transmitting them to our brain, is an area of intense study within ophthalmology. Eye surgery has become increasingly advanced over time, offering solutions for those seeking improved vision or addressing specific issues. Laser eye surgery stands as an artwork in itself; its precision reshapes corneas with remarkable accuracy. Conceptual artworks depicting eye surgeries showcase both the technical skill involved and the transformative impact on people's lives. The complex network of muscles that control eye movement is meticulously studied under TEM C014 / 1468 magnification levels—a testament to scientific curiosity driving progress in ophthalmology research. Examining retina blood vessels through SEM imaging provides valuable insights into vascular diseases affecting sight. One cannot discuss ophthalmology without mentioning Sviatoslav Fyodorov—an influential figure who pioneered refractive surgery techniques that have helped millions regain clear vision worldwide. Ophthalmology encompasses a wide range of captivating subjects—from testing color blindness to exploring Descartes' theories—and continues to evolve with groundbreaking advancements such as laser eye surgery and innovative treatments developed by brilliant minds like Sviatoslav Fyodorov. This field remains dedicated to preserving one of our most precious senses—our ability to see clearly—and improving quality of life for countless individuals around the globe.