Another period of time we are covering is the French Revolution. It began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, reusing old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system.
Like the American Revolution before it, the French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals, particularly the concepts of popular sovereignty and inalienable rights. Although it failed to achieve all of its goals and at times degenerated into a chaotic bloodbath, the movement played a critical role in shaping modern nations by showing the world the power inherent in the will of the people.
During the French revolution the college of medicine in France didn’t recognized Ophthalmology as a specialty, but with concern in clinical teaching, then some surgical ideas from Daviel, was progressively confirmed.
In the industrial Revolution on of the most significant event, about our organ, was the foundation of the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, which, after a long time become the oldest specialty hospital, and the third oldest hospital of New York.
The technics of extraction of Catarats was practically admitted by almost all Europe; after the integration of physiology and optics into ophthalmology, the examination by
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