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140 Years of Continuous Publication and 80 Years of Affiliation With the AMA

James G. Ravin, MD, MS

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(3):332-334.

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The Archives of Ophthalmology and Otology began publication in New York in 1869. Simultaneously, a German language version was published in Carlsruhe, Germany, as the Archiv für Augen- und Ohrenheilkunde, with the articles sometimes mildly different. The editors were Hermann Knapp, MD (1832-1911), of New York, who practiced both ophthalmology and otology, with greater emphasis on the eye, and Solomon Moos, MD, of Heidelberg, an otologist. In their prospectus to the first issue, they stated that progress in these 2 specialties, especially the invention of the ophthalmoscope at midcentury, had already led to many practical applications and promised still more. Although medicine is international in scope, they remarked, there was no journal devoted to ophthalmology or otology in America; instead, articles concerning the 2 fields were published occasionally in general medical journals. The editors promised to "diffuse knowledge among the medical profession"¹ and stimulate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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