title: Historical summary of visual fields methods.
abstract: A brief historical progression of visual field testing is presented. The time period is from ancients who had no instrumentation to moderns who employ sophisticated diagnostic methods.
mesh_terms: D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000502:physiology; D009907:Optometry / Q000266:history*; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D012607:Scotoma / Q000503:physiopathology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000295:instrumentation; D014794:Visual Fields