(1834â1908), Dutch ophthalmologist. Snellen was director of an eye clinic at Utrecht. In 1862 he introduced a test for measuring the acuteness of vision which consisted of printed letters or words in type of various sizes.
The poppy of wartime remembrance is Papaver rhoeas, the red-flowered corn poppy. This poppy is a common weed in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders, which is the setting of the famous poem In Flanders Fields by the Canadian surgeon and soldier John McCrae.
Poppy fields in Tuscany. Jump to bottom. Hi all, So it's red poppy time here in Tuscany, and we've seen quite a few red poppies lining the roads and such. What we are looking for though is the full fields of red poppies that seem to make it onto every postcard of Tuscany. Does anyone know exactly where there are red fields of poppies in Tuscany or Umbria? Grazie mille, David