In the early 1800's a young boy named Ignatz von Peczely of Egervar near Budapest, Hungary caught an owl in his garden. The 11-year-old boy struggled with the frightened bird and met with its fierce claws as the bird instinctively tried to defend itself. In the struggle, the boy accidentally broke the owl's leg. As the boy and the owl glared into one another's eye, the boy observed a black stripe rising in the owl's eye. Von Peczely bandaged the owl's leg and nursed it back to health and released the bird; but the bird stayed in the garden several years afterward. Von Peczely observed the appearance of white and crooked lines in the owl's eye where the black stripe had originally appeared.

The black stripe eventually became a tiny black spot surrounded by white lines and shading. When the boy grew up, he became a physician and never forgot the incident with the owl. Working on the surgical ward the hospital gave him the opportunity to observe the irides of patients after accidents, and preceding and following surgery. A study of the changes in the eye

coincided with their injuries, surgery or illnesses, and this convinced Peczely that there was a relationship between the various markings In the Iris and the rest of the body. He was certain the Iris mirrored tissue changes of the various organs. He created the first chart of the Iris based on his findings.

Iridology had progressed tremendously since the 1800s. Numerous scientists and doctors have researched iridology, revising and improving the Iris chart. Iridology is based on scientific observation. It is the kind of science that cannot be related through scientific tests, for it does not provide clinical information.

Dr. Bernard Jensen pioneered the science of iridology in the USA. He developed the most comprehensive iris chart showing the location of the organs as they reflex in the iris of the eye. His chart id the most accurate one available today.