Abstract
The shell prothesis, originally meant to be placed over the atrophic eye, caused serious problems when used after enucleation, which became more common practice in the second half of the last century. In the nineties of the last century Snellen Sr. tried to solve these problems by designing a light prothesis that filled up the empty space. At the insistence of Snellen, the Müller brothers in Wiesbaden succeeded in 1892 to blow a hollow artificial eye which proved to be a real success.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Hirschberg, J.: Graefe-Saemisch, Handbuch der Gesummten Augenheilkunde. Berlin: Julius Springer Verlag, 1918, XIV Bd., §413.
Hazard-Mirault: Traité pratique de l'oeil artificiel. Paris, 1818.
Paré, Ambroise: Opera omnia a Jacobo Guillemeaux, Chirurgo. edita, Parisiis, 1582.
Snellen H.: Operationslehre. Graefe-Saemisch, Handbuch der Gesummten Augenheilkunde, 1902, 2. Aufl., IV Bd., Kap. II, §81.
Burow, A.: Notiz über künstliche Auge. Arch f Ophthalmologie, Bd. 6, Abt. 1, pp. 111–116, 1860.
Ritterich, F.P.: Das künstliche Auge. Leipzig, 1852.
Letter of Müller to H. Snellen, dated 12-7-1898. Historical Collection of the former Royal Netherlands Ophthalmic Hospital, Utrecht.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
den Tonkelaar, I., Henkes, H.E. & van Leersum, G.K. Herman Snellen (1834–1908) and Müller's ‘Reform-Auge’. Doc Ophthalmol 77, 349–354 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156975
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156975