Oskar Fehr - bibliography

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Biography

German ophthalmologist, born October 9, 1871, Brauschweig; died August 1, 1959, London.

Bibliography

  • Die Anwendung der Elektrizität in der Augenheilkunde.
    In: Handbuch der gesamten medizinischen Anwendung der Elektrizität, volume 2, 2 u Ergbänzungsband. Leipzig, 1911; 2nd edition, 1928.
  • Die Balneo- und Klimatherapie der Erkrankungen des Auges.
    In: Handbuch der Balneologie, medizinischen Klimatologie und Balneographie. Leipzig, 1926.
  • Die gonorrhoischen Erkrankungen des Auges.
    Handbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, volume 20, 2. Berlin, 1930.
  • A. Jokl:
    The life of Oscar Fehr.
    American Journal of Ophthalmology, New York, December 1962, 54: 1011-1019.
  • M. Amm, K. Holubar:
    [Mementos of the Berlin-Jewish ophthalmologist Oskar Fehr (1871-1959)] Eine Spurensuche die in Wien begann: Der Berliner jüdische Augenartz Oskar Fehr (1871-1959).
    Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, June 18, 1999, 111 (12): 488-491.

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