Edward T. Jackson , M.D. 1856-1942
Ophthalmology
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BS,
Union College, Civil Engineering, 1874
MD, University of Pennsylvania,
1878
Internship, Philadelphia Polyclinic
Hospital, 1888
Residency, Wills Hospital, 1888
- 1890
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Dr. Jackson practiced medicine in
West Chester from 1878. In 1894, the Jackson family came to Denver
for treatment of his wife's tuberculosis. Dr. Jackson opened the
Denver Eye Clinic in 1898.
Dr. Jackson's single most important contribution to the daily
practice of Ophthalmology was the invention of the cross-cylinder
test for astigmatism. |
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The American Medical Association,
Chairman Section of Ophthalmology, 1894
American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, President,
1903
American Ophthalmological Society, President, 1912 |
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Dr. Jackson was one of the first members
of the Colorado Mountain Club in 1912. |
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Born in West Goshen, Chester County
PA of Holliday and Emily Jackson. The Jackson family is originally
from Lincolnshire England and then settled in Ireland. Two generations
later, Dr. Jackson's direct ancestors migrated to the young colony
of Pennsylvania.
He suffered from diphtheria while practicing medicine in West
Chester, which left him partially paralyzed, with weakness in
the legs and eye movements. This was the beginning of his study
of Ophthalmology. During his long period of convalescence he studied
an 1864 publication of Ophthalmological innovations that had revolutionized
the field and created a distinct field of Ophthalmology. |
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