title: Some doctors of medicine who published optometry books and played significant roles in early twentieth century optometric education.
abstract: This paper provides brief profiles of four doctors of medicine who wrote books for optometrists and who were faculty members in, and/or directors of, optometry schools in the early twentieth century. Those studied were Thomas G. Atkinson (1870-1946), Marshall B. Ketchum (1856-1937), Joseph I. Pascal (1890-1955), and Clarence W. Talbot (1883-1958). The content of the books they wrote is also discussed.
authors: School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. dgoss@indiana.edu
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Goss
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history