Isaac Hays (1796 – 1879) was an American ophthalmologist, medical ethicist, and naturalist. A founding member of the American Medical Association, and the first president of the Philadelphia Ophthalmological Society, Hays published the first study of non-congential colorblindness and the first case of astigmatism in America. He was editor or co-editor of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences for over 50 years.
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5 July 1796
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Died |
12 April 1879 (aged 82)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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