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• Photosynthesis (c1969), by Eugene Rabinowitch and Govindjee (PDF files at Illinois)
• The Photosynthesis of Carbon Compounds (New York: W. A. Benjamin, 1962), by Melvin Calvin and James Alan Bassham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Photosynthesis (New York: Chemical Catalog Co., 1926), by H. A. Spoehr
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Experiments Upon Vegetables: Discovering Their Great Power of Purifying the Common Air in the Sun-Shine, and of Injuring It in the Shade and at Night; To Which is Joined a New Method of Examining the Accurate Degree of Salubrity of the Atmosphere (London: Printed for P. Elmsly and H. Payne, 1779), by Jan Ingenhousz (multiple formats at archive.org)

• On the Influence of the Blue Color of the Sky in Developing Animal and Vegetable Life (10th edition; Philadelphia: Inquirer book and job print, 1871), by A. J. Pleasonton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Commentatio de Examine Physiologico Organi Visus et Systematis Cutanei (in Latin; Bratislava: Typ. Universitatis, ca. 1823), by Jan Evangelista Purkyně
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Use Your Own Eyes (1937), by William Benjamin MacCracken (HTML at central-fixation.com)
• Visual Analysis Handbook II (second edition; Chicago: Professional Press, c1958), by Leo Manas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (New York: Central Fixation Pub. Co., c1920), by William Horatio Bates (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (based on the 1920 edition; some sections abridged), by William Horatio Bates (illustrated HTML at i-see.org)
• The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (based on the 1920 edition; unabridged text but no illustrations or footnotes), by William Horatio Bates (illustrated HTML at central-fixation.com)
• Visual Analysis Handbook (Chicago: Professional Press, c1952), by Leo Manas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emergent Techniques for Assessment of Visual Performance, by National Research Council Committee on Vision (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Night Vision: Current Research and Future Directions, by National Research Council Committee on Vision (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Ocular Circulation, by Jeffrey W. Kiel (illustrated HTML at NIH)

• Strengthening the Eyes (1924), by Bernarr Macfadden (illustrated HTML at central-fization.com)

• Molecular Vision (1995-) (full serial archives)

• Toxicology of the Eye (first edition; Springfield, IL: C. C. Thomas, c1962), by W. Morton Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories From the Clinic (1926), by Emily C. Lierman (HTML at central-fixation.com)
• Use Your Own Eyes (1937), by William Benjamin MacCracken (HTML at central-fixation.com)
• The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (New York: Central Fixation Pub. Co., c1920), by William Horatio Bates (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (based on the 1920 edition; some sections abridged), by William Horatio Bates (illustrated HTML at i-see.org)
• The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (based on the 1920 edition; unabridged text but no illustrations or footnotes), by William Horatio Bates (illustrated HTML at central-fixation.com)

• Visual Impairments: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits (2002), by National Research Council Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, ed. by Peter Lennie and Susan B. Van Hemel (page images with commentary at NAP)

• An Abstract of the Methods of Curing Diseases of the Eyes, Legs and Breasts; and on the Cure of Cancerous, Scrophulous and Other Chronic Diseases, by Mild Internal Remedies; To Which are Added, Observations on the Dangerous Effects of Altering the Accustomed Diet of Patients and the Ill Effects of Salt Water, Hemlock, &c. (London: Printed for F. Newbery, 1774), by William Rowley (page images at NIH)

• Observations on the Blindness Occasioned by Cataracts: Shewing the Practicability and Superiority of a Mode of Cure Without an Operation (London: Printed for J. Pridden and York, England: Mr. Tesseyman, 1792), by Henry Barry Peacock (page images at NIH)

• Cataract: Its Nature, Causes, Prevention, and Cure (London: Homoeopathic Pub. Co., 1889), by J. Compton Burnett
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Keep Your Mouth Shut: A Popular Treatise on Mouth-Breathing, Its Causes, Effects, and Treatment (with an appendix by Smith and Burnett on ophthalmia in newborns; Boston: Roberts Bros., 1893), by Fred A. A. Smith, contrib. by Swan M. Burnett
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility: Theory and Management of Strabismus (6th edition; St. Louis: Mosby, c2002), by Gunter K. Von Noorden and E. C. Campos (illustrated HTML and PDF files with commentary at cybersight.org)
• Strabismus: Diagnosis and Treatment (Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1956), by Beulah Cushman (page images at HathiTrust)

• Text-Book of Iridiagnosis: Guide in Treatment (Chicago: The author, 1921), by J. Haskel Kritzer (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annual Review of Vision Science (partial serial archives)

• Tapping the Charcoal (Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, c1995), ed. by Kenneth Jernigan (HTML at nfb.org)
• Summit (Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, c2002), ed. by Marc Maurer (illustrated HTML at nfb.org)
• The Freedom Bell (Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, c1992), ed. by Kenneth Jernigan (HTML at nfb.org)
• Out of the Dark: Essays, Letters, and Addresses on Physical and Social Vision (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1903), by Helen Keller (page images at Google; US access only)

• Outlines of Experiments and Inquiries Respecting Sound and Light (reprinted from Philosophical Transactions; London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1800), by Thomas Young (page images at NIH)

• Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility: Theory and Management of Strabismus (6th edition; St. Louis: Mosby, c2002), by Gunter K. Von Noorden and E. C. Campos (illustrated HTML and PDF files with commentary at cybersight.org)
• The Psychology of Reading: An Experimental Study of the Reading Pauses and Movements of the Eye (Archives of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific methods, #4; Columbia University Contributions to Philosophy and Psychology v14 #1; New York: The Science Press, 1906), by Walter F. Dearborn
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Ophthalmic Care of the Combat Casualty (from the Textbooks of Military Medicine series; 2003), ed. by Allen B. Thach (PDF files at Borden Institute)

• American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports (full serial archives)
• Annual Review of Vision Science (partial serial archives)
• BMC Ophthalmology (2001-) (full serial archives)
• Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (1953-) (full serial archives)
• Archives of Ophthalmology (partial serial archives)
• Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für Ophthalmologie (in German) (partial serial archives)
• American Journal of Ophthalmology (partial serial archives)
• British Journal of Ophthalmology (partial serial archives)

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