Hermann Cohn : Erfahrungen über die Wirkung des Strychnin auf amblyopische und gesunde Augen. Separatdruck aus der 'Wiener Medizinischen Wochenschrift'

Wien im Selbstverlag des Autors 1873. Broché sans couverture. 16 pages plus 4 figures (les planches des figures détachés). 12 8x19 8 cm. Bon état German ophthalmologist; born at Breslau June 4 1838. After graduating from the gymnasium of his native town he studied chemistry and physics at the University of Heidelberg under Bunsen Kirchhoff and Helmholtz and at the University of Breslau receiving the degree of doctor of philosophy in 1860. In the same year he commenced the study of medicine at the University of Breslau obtaining his M.D. degree from the University of Berlin in 1863. From 1863 to 1866 Cohn was assistant to Forster settling in Breslau in the latter year as an ophthalmologist. In 1868 he was admitted to the university as privat-docent with the inaugural essay ""Ueber Xerosis Conjunctivæ "" and was elected assistant professor in 1874. In 1883 he received the state's gold medal in hygiene. Cohn noticed that many pupils in the schools of Germany were obliged to wear glasses at an early age. As an oculist he became interested in the matter and tracing the source of the evil back to the schools gave special attention to their hygienic conditions in relation to ophthalmology. Most of Cohn's writings treat of this branch of medicine in which he has achieved great results. The following list of works affords an insight into his labors: ""Untersuchungen der Augen von 10 060 Schulkindern Nebst Vorschlägen zur Verbesserung der den Augen Nachteiligen Schuleinrichtungen "" Leipsic 1867; ""Schussverletzungen des Auges "" Erlangen 1872; ""Die Schulhäuser und Schultische auf der Wiener Weltausstellung "" Breslau 1873; ""Die Schul Hygiene auf der Pariser Weltaustellung "" ib. 1879; ""Studien über Angeborene Farbenblindheit "" ib. 1879; ""Die Hygiene des Auges in den Schulen "" Vienna 1883 (translated into English by Turnbull London 1886 and into Russian by Medem Pultawa 1887); ""Ueber den Einfluss Hygienischer Massregeln der Schulmyopie "" Breslau 1890; ""Lehrbuch der Hygiene des Auges "" Vienna 1892 (his greatest work); ""Dreissig Jahre Augenärztlicher und Akademischer Lehrthätigkeit "" Breslau 1897; ""Sehleistungen von 50 000 Breslauer Schulkindern "" ib. 1899; ""Wie Müssen Bücher und Zeitungen Gedrückt Worden?"" ib. 1902. Cohn has been a very prolific writer and has contributed nearly 250 essays on ophthalmology and hygiene to medical and other journals. [Text y: Isidore Singer Frederick T. Haneman for the Jewish Encyclopedia]