History Of Optometry Timeline

Question 1

What year did roger bacon first mention lenses as useful for those with weakness of sight?

Answer 1

1263

Question 2

What year did Johannes Kepler describe the function of the retina and demonstrate that concave lenses correct myopia and convex lenses correct hyperopia?

Answer 2

1604

Question 3

When did John McAllister open first open US shop for optometric services in Philly? Gold and silver specs

Answer 3

1783

Question 4

When did Ben Franklin invent bifocal?

Answer 4

1784

Question 5

Who invented bifocal

Answer 5

Ben franklin

Question 6

When were the first trial lenses around?

Answer 6

1843

Question 7

When was the ophthalmoscope invented?

Answer 7

1851

Question 8

Who invented the ophthalmoscope

Answer 8

Helmholtz

Question 9

When was the word diopter used?

Answer 9

1872

Question 10

When did Prentice charge for an eye exam?

Answer 10

1895

Question 11

Who is the father of optometry

Answer 11

Prentice

Question 12

Why is prentice the father of optometry

Answer 12

He charged for an eye exam in 1895

Question 13

When was the first state law recognizing and regulating the practice of optometry in minnesota?

Answer 13

1901

Question 14

When was optometry deemed separate from medicine?

Answer 14

1915

Question 15

When was ARBO (then IBB) first around?

Answer 15

1919

Question 16

PA would define the scope of practice as that taught in optometry schools in what year?

Answer 16

1937

Question 17

When was the first national board given?

Answer 17

1951

Question 18

When was cross linked hydrophilic polymer (HEMO) discovered by Otto Wichterle

Answer 18

1952

Question 19

When did PA optometrist introduce a bill to authorize the use of ophthalmic diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, but its defeated?

Answer 19

1961

Question 20

When did medicaid and medicare get introduced to optometry

Answer 20

1965

Question 21

Where was the first DPA law passed?

Answer 21

Rhode Island in 1971

Question 22

When was the non contact tonometer developed by Bernard Grolman at american optical corporation?

Answer 22

1971

Question 23

When was a bill introduced in NC to authorize optometrists to use and prescribe pharmaceutical agents for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes?

Answer 23

1973?

Question 24

What state was a bill introduced to authorize optometrists to use and prescribe pharmaceutical agents for diagnostic therapeutic purposes?

Answer 24

NC in 1973

Question 25

When was the first TPA law passed?

Answer 25

1976

Question 26

Where was the first TPA law passed that allows therapeutic drugs to be used by optometrists?

Answer 26

WV in 1976