A history of gonioscopy.
The first view of the iridocorneal angle in a living human occurred accidentally in the late 1800s. Lenses were first used to see the angle in 1914, but practical gonioscopy would not come into existence for many years as the slitlamp and lenses that could be used at the slitlamp were developed. This article reviews the history of gonioscopy.
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Wallace L M
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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. wallace-alward@uiowa.edu
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006068:Gonioscopy / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans