title: One hundred years ago: Start of the Optometry School at Columbia University.
abstract: An optometry school at Columbia University entered its first students in 1910. This was the first optometry school at a university. This article examines what was said in optometry periodicals of 1910 and 1911 about this significant development.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. dgoss@indiana.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goss
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D008004:Licensure / Q000266:history; D009518:New York; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*