Catalogue Number: 1326
Sight testing for the general practitioner : a manual by which he can acquire the knowledge necessary to determine all errors of refraction, and to prescribe spectacles
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection)
Author: DAVIDSON Fanny
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1907
Edition: 4th Edition
Time Period: 1900 to 1939
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: F Davidson
Description Of Item: Original red cloth covers, 102 pages, many illustrations
Historical Significance: The first edition was (probably) published in 1897. This book is of interest because it is directed to teaching GPs how to sight test and a time when optometrists were first able to undertake formal training through the Worshipful Company of Spectacle makers and the British Optical Association. The author is presumably a woman but she addresses her book to 'medical men only'. Many of the illustrations are for optometrical equipment marketed by the author and are advertised with prices.
How Acquired: Purchased by Kett Museum (Abe books $A50)
Date Acquired: Oct 2009
Condition: Very good
Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection
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