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Our ability to visualize has often limited our ability to conceptualize, in medicine as well as technology, science, and mathematics. Before we were able to see the retina, our perspective of ocular disease was largely confined to disorders of the anterior segment, such as strabismus, corneal disease, conjunctivitis, and cataracts. Our understanding of blindness and amaurosis was hidden behind the seemingly impenetrable pupillary curtain.
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Leung, E.H., Rosen, R. (2016). Fundus Imaging in Wide-Field: A Brief Historical Journey. In: Kozak, I., Arevalo, J. (eds) Atlas of Wide-Field Retinal Angiography and Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17864-6_1
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