M1 L1 Flashcards
Stated “lenses improve light”
Roger Bacon
Year when world’s 1st pair of spectacles has been made and commonly used by scholars and monks
20 years later (1286)
Year when demand for spectacles increased during the invention of printing press
1452
- German astronomer who invented Keplerian telescope
- Discovered the laws of planetary motion
- Describe the mystery regarding image formation of retina, and the functions of convex (farsightedness) and concave lenses (nearsightedness)
Johannes Kepler
- Astronomer & Mathematician
- Discovered the Law of Refraction and unfold it through his unpublished paper known as “Snell Law of Refraction”
Willebrord Snell
Relationship between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction of a ray of light crossing the boundary between 2 media
Law of Refraction
- Authored “The Used of Eyeglasses”, first book on principles of optometry
- Devised and alternate technique to capture visual acuity involving discerning rows of mustard seed and small print at various distances.
Benito Daza de Valdés
Invented the bifocal lenses
Benjamin Franklin
- Invents the ophthalmoscope
- First to witness the human fundus
Shows how the pupil at times appear dark and at the other times appears light
Hermann von Helmholtz
- Made Snellen Chart, an eye chart to measure visual acuity
- Devised a formula that would express any individual’s eyesight in the form of fraction
Herman Snellen
Credited for the term “Optometry”
J.W. Verschoor
- Way back known as Chicago College of Ophthalmology and Otology
- 1st established optometry school
Illinois College of Optometry
Fit the 1st scleral contact lens
Adolf Fick
- A optometrist that charged a patient 3.00 usd for an eye exam in US and experienced a backlash
- The reason why optometry become recognize
- Father of optometry
Charles Prentice
- Has been established with the help of Charles Prentice
- Financially and legally support optometrist for being sued for fitting glasses without medical licenses
American Optometry Association
