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Finding Aid for the

Ball Opthalmic Museum Collection
OHA 107

Otis Historical Archives
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Date of Records:  18th - 20th Century

23 Cubic Feet, 45 Boxes

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The following box contents are arranged according to these column headers:
Acc. NoBall NoDescription
BOX 16
19348365Illustration. Filamentary keratitis. (Hess)
19349366Illustration. Section of the cornea in striate keratitis. (Hess)
19350367Illustrations. Location of opacity in different forms of cataract. (Original illustrations by Dr. R. W. Mills)
19351480Color illustration. Unusual arrangement of retinal vessels. Vision was normal, history lost.
19352481Color illustration. Cysticercus of the vitreous humor. (F. López)
19353482Color illustrations. Linear pigment formations in the retina with secondary hyperplasia of Muller’s fibers. Coloboma of the optic nerve. (Plange)
19354483Color illustration. Pigment streaks in the macula region, both eyes. (Courtesy of Dr. J. Ellis Jennings, St. Louis)
19355486Illustration. Canal of cloquet and remains of the hyoloid system. (Van Duyse)
19356487Color illustrations. I. Retinitis in arteriosclerosis; II. Retinitis diabetica. (Oeller)
19357488Color illustrations. I. Amotio retinae; II. Retinitis pigmentosa. (Oeller)
19358489Color illustrations. I. Disseminated chorioiditis; II. Chorioiditis with atrophy. (Oeller)
19359628Illustration of surgical instruments with explanation. Plate V from Guthrie's "Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the Eye." London, 1830
19360-1629Illustration of three scapels with explanation. Plate VI from Guthrie's "Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the Eye." London, 1830
19360-2624Illustration of two eyes with explanation. Plate I from Guthrie's "Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the The Eye." London, 1830
19360-3625Illustration of six eyes with explanation. Plate II from Guthrie's "Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the The Eye." London, 1830
19360-4626Illustration of nine eyes with explanation. Plate III from Guthrie's "Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the The Eye." London, 1830
19360-5627Illustration of six eyes and three surgical instruments with explanation. Plate IV from Guthrie's "Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the The Eye." London, 1830
19360-6630Illustration of six eyes and one dissected eye with explanation. Plate VII from Guthrie's "Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the The Eye." London, 1830
19363731Portrait of Guy De Chauliac and sketch of his life (1300 1370).
19364733"The Surgeon's Prayer," A.D. 1579.
19365734Guy De Chauliac's ophthalmology. Text.
19368737Portrait of George De La Faye (1699 1781). Inventor of cataract knife and cystitome 1 and 2 With an article concerning the early use of cataract knives. (in 2 envelopes)
19369767Original manuscript of "The Charlatan Oculist, John Taylor," by Mortimer Frank, M.D. Published in "The Annals of Ophthalmology," January 1905
19370775Portrait of Thomas Willis, (1621 1675); England's first neurologist.
19371776Photograph of page 108 from book titled, "Cerebri Anatomi Figura Prima."
19372777Data concerning Thomas Willis by Dr. Edward W. Adams of Sheffield, England. ("Medical Library and Historical Journal," 1903, p.265)
19373803Lorenz Heister (1683 1758). Sketch; short bibliography.
19374804Heister's explanation of cataract.
19375820Wensel's dedication to Napoleon, Paris, 1808. "A sa Majesté, l'Empereur et Roi." From the first encyclopedia of ophthalmology, M.J.B. De Wenzel.
19376821Title page of the first encyclopedia of ophthalmology (Manuel de l’Oculiste, ou Dictionnaire Ophthalmologique),by Wenzel. (1808)
19378831Color illustrations. Plate I. From "Frankkeiten des Menschlichen Auges," by Carl H. Weller (1794 1854).
19379836Public announcement of the traveling oculist M. Hilmer.
19380842John Cunningham Saunders (1773 1810). Founder of the Moorsfields Hospital.
19381854Portrait and sketch of Dr. M. J. Chelius (1794 1876). 1 and 2
19383882Color illustration. Cancer of the eye, by Dr. William Gibson (1788 1868).
19384883Title page of Gibson's "Surgery" (1835) with text.
19385884Illustration and text. Ophthalmic instruments used by William Gibson.
19386928A letter from Dr. Robert C. Moon to Dr. Ball (1906). Text accompanying the letter speaks of the Moon Society and the Moon Alphabet (embossed letters).
19387929"La Fondation Ophthalmologique, Adolphe De Rothschild," par le Docteur A. Trousseau. (1905)
19388931A note from Mr. Edward Nettleship (1845-1913).
BOX 17
19390490Color illustrations. I. Choroido retinal atrophy in congenital lues; II. Triple rupture of the chorioid from contusion. (Oeller)
19391491Color illustrations. I. Opaque nerve fibers in the retina: Drusen in the lamina vitrea; II. Coloboma of the chorioid. (Oeller)
19392492Color illustrations. I. Sclerosis of the chorioidial vessels II. Large temperal conus in high myopia; macula changes. (Oeller)
19393493Color illustrations with text. Retinitis anaemica. (Oeller)
19394494Color illustrations. I. Embolism (thrombosis) of the arteria centralis retinae. II. Thrombosis of a branch of the central retinal vein. From Axenfeld's "Lehrbuch und Atlas Der Augenheilkunde," 1920.
19400Photo of a sectioned eye labeled "Massive Recent Trauma."
19401Photo of a sectioned eye labeled "Purulent Endophthalmitis secondary to perforating wound at corneal limbus."
1940585Illustration with text. Vertical section Antero posterior of the upper eyelid of man. (Drawn by Prof. Waldeyer, 1878)
19406198Color illustrations (3 plates). I. Various types of cataract. II. Syphilitic condylomatous iritis. III. Acute glaucoma. Spicule of iron in the vitreous (extracted). (Haab)
19407199Color illustrations (3 plates). I. Trachoma with pannus. Phthisis bulbi anterior. Parenchymatous keratitis. II. Herpes corneae febrilis:18 illustrations showing shapes and positions of ulcers from 13 cases during an epidemic of influenza. III. Multiple chalazion. (Haab)
19408711Portrait and short biography of Gabriel Fallopius (1523-1562).
19409852Photograph of the Frontispiece of Himly’s book, showing him (seated) performing an operation. Berlin, 1843
19565-ATwo copies of same photomicrograph, both labeled "Melanotic Spindle Cell Sarcoma of the Choroid."
19565-BTwo different photomicrographs, both labeled "Melanotic Spindle Cell Sarcoma of the Choroid."
19565-CPhotomicrograph labeled "Extension to Optic Nerve of Sarcoma of Choroid. Infiltration of Tumor Cells around Central Vein."
19565-DPhoto of sectioned eye labeled "Spindle Cell Sarcoma of the Choroid."
19565-EPhoto of eye section labeled "Melanotic Spindle Cell Sarcoma of the Choroid."
19568Two copies of the same eye section, both labeled "High Myopia, Anterior Synechia, Anterior Capsular Cataract. Separation of the Retina Secondary to Old Injury."
19584Two copies of photo of a sectioned fish eye.
19587Two copies of photo of sectioned human eye labeled "Glioma of Retina."
19592One photo of sectioned human eye labeled "Cyst of the Sclera."
19602Two copies of photo of sectioned human eye labeled "Sarcoma of the Choroid."
19604Two copies of photo of sectioned human eye labeled "Trauma to Cornea and Lens by Nail." (2 envelopes)
19605Two photos of same eye section labeled "Traumatic detachment of retina."
19610Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Keratitis."
19612Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Trauma by .22 cartridge. Foreign body in situ."
19613Two copies of two matted photos of same eye section, both labeled "Glaucoma secondary to an organizing exudate."
19616Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Traumatic atrophia bulbi."
19620Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Traumatic Iridocyclitis."
19625Two photos of same eye section labeled "To illustrate the wrong method of sectioning eye."
19626Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Sympathetic Ophthalmitis."
19630Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Ulcus Serpens."
19633Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Phthisis bulbi."
19635768Photograph of title page of "The Life and Extraordinary History of the Chevalier John Taylor," 1761.
19636769Short biography of Olaus Worm (1588 1654).
19637844Portrait and sketch of Georg Joseph Beer (1763 1821).
19638885Book. "A Treatise on Strabismus with a Description of New Instruments…," by James Bolton (1812 1869), 1842.
19639939Portrait of Dr. Adam Hammer (1818 1878).
BOX 18
19640940"Dr. Adam Hammer, Surgeon and Apostle of Higher Medical Education." Reprint of article by Dr. James M. Ball, 1909. (2 copies)
19641729Article. "The First scientific work on spectacles," by Casey A. Wood, 1921.
19642758Portrait and biographical sketch of Antoine Ferrein (1693 1769).
19643843"Beobachtungen Urspruenglicher Bildungsfehler und Gaenzlichen Mangels der Augen," by D. Burkhard Wilhelm Seiler, 1833. [The first treatise on the congenital anomalies of the eye.] (in oversized box)
196449281 Book. "Fifty sixth Annual Report of Moon's Society for Embossing and Circulating the Holy Scriptures and other Useful Books, etc in Dr. Moon’s Type for the Blind," 1904.
19694Two photos of same eye section labeled Traumatic Atrophic Bulbi.
19698Photos of two different eye sections: 1) "Melanotic Sarcoma at Corneal Limbus;" 2) "Epibulbar Sarcoma."
19699Right eye. Partial detachment of retina with atrophy; anterior synechia; absence of lens; atrophy and lymphocyctic infiltration of optic nerve. DISCARDED
19700Two photos of same eye section labeled "Shot injury with prolapse of choroid."
19701Two photos of same eye section labeled "Haemophthalmos and detachment of retina."
19706Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Enucleation of stump for sympathetic Ophthalmitis."
19711Two photos of same eye section labeled "Traumatic abscess of vitreous."
19712Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Double Scleral Rupture."
19714Two photos of same eye section and one photo of a different eye section labeled 1) "Staphyloma;" 2) "Staphyloma following corneal ulcer;" 3) "Staphyloma secondary to corneal ulcer."
19716Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Traumatic Abscess."
19717Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Traumatic Panophalmitis."
19720Two photos of same eye section labeled "Traumatic Ophthalmitis."
19721Two photos of same eye section labeled "Traumatic Iridocyclitis."
19722Two photos of same eye section labeled "Ossification of the Choroid."
19723Two photos of same eye section labeled "Post Iritic Glaucoma."
19724Photo of sectioned eye section labeled "Prolapse of Organized Hemorrhage from eye."
19725Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Staphyloma of the cornea."
19726Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Traumatic Eye. B.B. shot in situ."
19727Anterior segment of hydrophthalmic eye. DISCARDED
19735Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Hydrophthalmos following corneal ulcer."
19740Two photos of same eye section labeled "Traumatic Iridocyclitis."
19741Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Traumatic Ulcus Serpens."
19743Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Lime Burn. Iridocyclitis and secondary glaucoma."
19747Two photos of same eye section labeled "Secondary glaucoma."
19748Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Sarcoma of the Choroid."
19749Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Ulcus Serpens."
19750Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Retinitis Proliferans."
19756Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Traumatic glaucoma. Staphyloma of the cornea."
19757Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Atrophic bulbi and retinitis proliferans."
19760Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Sarcoma of Choroid."
19764Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Anterior and posterior synechia."
19776Two photos of same eye section labeled "Traumatic dislocation of lens. Cataract. Wide peripheral anterior synechia."
19825Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Infected glass perforation of eye with massive hemorrhage."
19841Two photos of same eye section labeled "Old trephine operation for acute glaucoma. Prolapse of ciliary process. Outer surface of opening covered with fibrous tissue. Phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis."
19842Four photos of same eye. Two labeled "Old Iridocyclitis. Separation of Retina. Anterior separation of choroid and ciliary body. Lens moderately cataractous." The other two labeled "Old Iridocyclitis."
19901996Photo of Dr. Edward Jackson of Denver, Colorado. Editor of the American Journal of Ophthalmology. Letter from Dr. Jackson to Dr. Ball dated March 16, 1923.
19926Photo of sectioned eye labeled "Phacoanaphylactic Endophthalmitis following perforating wound of cornea and lens."
19930623Portrait with signature of G. J. Guthrie. Book. "Operative Surgery of the Eye," by Dr. Guthrie. (in oversized box)
199317591 Portrait of Sir William Read (Oculist).
19932Portrait and biography of Percivall Pott (1713-1788).
19995Three photomicrographs of eye. Enucleated eye. 1) Shows an area of malignancy; 2) Shows normal sclera at edge of growth; 3) Shows whorl-like arrangement of lens. (1/2 eye and 2 slides missing)

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