title: Personal reminiscences of ophthalmology giants of the 20th century.
abstract: This paper records personal reminiscences of seven 20th century ophthalmologists who each in his own way metaphorically split the atom and, thereby, changed ophthalmology forever. In addition to their major contributions, they each shared some very desirable traits. They were gentlemen who were devoted to their families and their families to them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College and Wills Eye Hospital, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462, USA. wst1@ureach.com
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tasman
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States