TY - JOUR
T1 - The Harrower collection and its place in the history of ophthalmic pathology
AU - Lamping, Kathleen A.
AU - Albert, Daniel M.
AU - Snyder, Charles
AU - Fournier, George A.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - A set of ophthalmic pathology slides made in 1882 by Dr. David Harrower, a Massachusetts physician who studied at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and Mr. W. Jennings Milles, the curator at Moorfields, are reviewed. They are of historical significance, as they were made at a time when microscopic examination of ocular tissues was first being introduced, and they represent one of the earliest examples of the use of celloidin for embedding ocular tissue. The slides are well preserved and contain cases demonstrating a wide spectrum of ocular pathology. The Harrower collection is possibly the oldest existing slide collection of ophthalmic histopathology.
AB - A set of ophthalmic pathology slides made in 1882 by Dr. David Harrower, a Massachusetts physician who studied at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and Mr. W. Jennings Milles, the curator at Moorfields, are reviewed. They are of historical significance, as they were made at a time when microscopic examination of ocular tissues was first being introduced, and they represent one of the earliest examples of the use of celloidin for embedding ocular tissue. The slides are well preserved and contain cases demonstrating a wide spectrum of ocular pathology. The Harrower collection is possibly the oldest existing slide collection of ophthalmic histopathology.
KW - Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
KW - Moorfields Eye Hospital
KW - celloidin
KW - history of pathology
KW - ocular pathology
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U2 - 10.1016/0039-6257(83)90194-7
DO - 10.1016/0039-6257(83)90194-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 6348985
AN - SCOPUS:0020619226
SN - 0039-6257
VL - 27
SP - 374
EP - 380
JO - Survey of Ophthalmology
JF - Survey of Ophthalmology
IS - 6
ER -