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Title	Prof dr J van de Hoeven and the Orbitology
Abstract Nr.	1111

Purpose	PRESENTATION for the Historical Ophthalmology
Methods	historical study
Results	analyses
Conclusion	The development of the subspecialism Orbitology got a great flight in the seventies with fellowships,Congresses and the start of an international orbital journal and Society. Prof..dr. G.M. Bleeker of Amsterdam was one of the most important founders of these topics. I found however by reading the papers of prof.J. van der Hoeven of Leiden, that already in the forties he published clinical educative papers, and research done by his team, in this ophthalmic field .But after his retirement this knowledge was vanished in Leiden en Holland. Examples of this research will be presented.
Conflict of interest	No

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