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Classification 2024 Summer Edition

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Ophthalmology

  • Classify works on ophthalmic nursing and nursing of patients with specific ophthalmic diseases in WY 158.


Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society) (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WW 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WW 23-24.


Collected works by several authors

Collected works by individual authors

Addresses. Essays. Lectures

History of ophthalmology and optometry (Table-G)

General coverage (Not Table-G)

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)

Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)

Tables. Statistics. Surveys (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify tables used in optical dispensing calculations in WW 352.

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify here also atlases on a specific part of the eye.

Education

Classify here works about education.

Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

Schools, departments, and faculties of ophthalmology (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Include here works on the history of schools. Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Research (General)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

Ophthalmology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

Classify works on the specialty alone here. Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WW 100. Classify works on optometry and opticianry in WW 21.7.

Ophthalmic assistants

Optometry and opticianry as a profession

Directories (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.

Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)

Laboratory manuals. Technique

Equipment and supplies

Classify catalogs in W 26.

Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

Collective hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. (Table-G)

General coverage (Not Table-G)

Individual hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table-G)

Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.

Individual museums, exhibitions, etc. (Cutter from name of museum, etc.) (Table-G)

Laws. Estimation of disability for compensation (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Discussion of law (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)

Popular works (General)

General works

Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WW 140.

Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Abnormalities

Physiology of the eye

Ocular vision

Visual perception

Cf. WW 150  Color perception.

Ocular accommodation. Ocular adaptation

[This number not used]

Classify prevention of vision disorders in WW 140.5; eye protective devices in WW 26.



Eye diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WW 100. Classify works on eye infections or hypersensitivity diseases in WW 160.


Vision disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on blindness in WW 276.

Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods (General)

Classify works on the examination of a part with the part.

Objective methods

Classify works on electronystagmography in WW 410; on electroretinography or ophthalmodynamometry in WW 270; on gonioscopy in WW 210.

Subjective methods

Eye neoplasms

Classify works on neoplasms of parts of the eye with the part.

Color perception. Color vision

Cf. WW 105  Visual perception

Eye infections. Eye hypersensitivity (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify here diseases or infections whether caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses, or hypersensitivity. Classify works on eye diseases in general in WW 140.

Rehabilitation. Therapy (General)

Classify works on rehabilitation or therapy of a particular disorder with the disorder. Cf. WW 168 Ophthalmologic surgical procedures

Ophthalmologic surgical procedures (General)

Classify works on surgery for a particular disorder with the disorder. Cf. WW 340 Refractive surgery.

Eye banks. Eye bank procedures (including those for specific parts of the eye)

Orbit

Eyelids. Eyebrows

Lacrimal apparatus

Anterior chamber. Anterior eye segment

Conjunctiva

Trachoma

Cornea

Corneal diseases

Sclera

Uvea. Iris. Ciliary body

Choroid

Vitreous body

Crystalline lens. Lens diseases

Cataract. Cataract extraction

Retina

Retinal diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

Retinal degeneration

Retinal detachment

Blindness

Optic nerve

Ocular hypertension

Glaucoma

Ocular refraction. Refractive errors (General)

Astigmatism

Myopia

Refractive surgical procedures (General or not elsewhere classified)

Optometry

Classify works on optometry and opticianry as a profession in  in WW 21.7.

[This number not used]

Eyeglasses

Classify works on intraocular lenses in WW 358 or if exclusively for cataract therapy, in WW 260.

Contact lenses

Ocular prosthesis

Eye movements. Oculomotor muscles

Orthoptics (General)

Ocular motility disorders

Strabismus

Neuro-ophthalmic conditions (General)

Eye manifestations of general disease

Classify works on eye manifestations of nervous system diseases in WW 460. Classify works on eye manifestations of specific diseases with disease.

[This number not used]

Occupational ophthalmology

Eye injuries

Classify works on occupational eye injuries in WW 505.

Pediatric ophthalmology and optometry (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on particular disorders with the disorder. Classify pediatric ophthalmologic surgical procedures in WW 168.

Geriatric ophthalmology and optometry (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on particular disorders with the disorder. Classify geriatric ophthalmologic surgical procedures in WW 168.

[This number not used]

Classify general works on optometry and on office management at WW 350.

[This number not used]

Classify works on optometry and opticianry as a profession in WW 21.7.

[This number not used] (Table-G)

Classify optometry directories in WW 22.

[This number not used] (Not Table-G)

Classify optometry directories in WW 22.