Pacific University Press – From Spectacle-Making Trade to Scholarly Profession

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From Spectacle-Making Trade to Scholarly Profession takes a look at the long span of optometry history, with a primary focus on the United States: examining its path from spectacle making to its current status as a profession with strong academic standing integrated into today's health care system. Along with an overview of the history of optometry from the invention of spectacles to recent years, the book considers the maturation of the optometric examination from simple trial and error of spectacles to today's comprehensive eye and vision examination; the history of optometric education from the brief instructional programs offered in the late nineteenth century to the challenging academic programs of the present; and the increasing sophistication of optometric publications. Optometrists and other readers will gain an appreciation for the struggles, advancements, and contributions of optometry.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: A Brief Survey of Optometry History
Chapter 1: The First Six Centuries of Optometry
Chapter 2: Development of Professionalism in Optometry and Related
Early Twentieth-Century Developments
Chapter 3: Continuing Twentieth-Century Challenges and Changes
Chapter 4: The Profession Advances and Gains in Recognition
PART II: Some Elements of the Development of Optometry as a
Scholarly Profession
Chapter 5: Maturation of the Optometric Examination
Chapter 6: Optometric Education
Chapter 7: Optometry Publications
Appendices
Appendix 1: A Historical List of Optometry Schools in the United States
Appendix 2: The Changing Optometry Student Body: Data on Optometry
Students and Graduates
Appendix 3: A History of Selected Optometric Periodicals
Appendix 4: Notes on the History of Optometry Books
About the Author
Index

From Spectacle-Making Trade to Scholarly Profession

A History of Optometry in the United States

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