โ Scribed by Akira Nakajima; Shizu Sakai
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He studied ophthalmology under Albrecht von Graefe. He became 'Ausserordentlicher Professor' of ophthalmology at the University of Berlin in 1879, and honorary professor in 1890. He introduced the use of a strong electromagnet for removing magnetic foreign bodies from the eye. He founded the Zentralblatt fiir Augenheilkunde in 1877, and looked after it for 43 years [1].
What made Hirschberg world famous were his library and his contribution to the history of ophthalmology in Graefe Saemisch's Handbuch der gesamrnten Augenheilkunde, published in 9 volumes in 1899-1918. His 'opus magnum' on the history of ophthalmology in Graefe Saemisch's Handbuch was recently translated into English by Dr. Blodi.* Some time ago a discussion started, how to extend Hirschberg's History of Ophthalmology to include the 20th century. As the amount of publications increases exponentially with time, this will be really a tough job.
Some years ago, we published an article on the Hirschberg Library [2]. Recently, Dr. Blodi asked me about the present status of the Library. It is located in the Central Library of the University of Tokyo. I went there to see whether the Hirschberg Library was still in good condition.
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