title: Controversy in ophthalmology at the beginning of the 20th century: opinions voiced in the archives, especially on cataract and glaucoma.
abstract: Volumes of the Archives of Ophthalmology from the early years of the 20th century include original articles as well as reports of proceedings of important ophthalmologic conferences held in the United States, Great Britain, and on the European continent. Original articles often provided new information, but speakers at conferences frequently offered lucid opinions on topics relevant to practitioners that were not found elsewhere in journals from that era, and these reports give us a sense of their thinking, particularly about therapeutic practices and knowledge of cataract and glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Regency Ct, Toledo, OH 43623, USA. jamesravin@bex.net
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ravin
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000266:history*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D012693:Serial Publications / Q000266:history