logologo-optometry

External diseases of the eye

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Catalogue Number: 1222
External diseases of the eye
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection)
Author: HAAB Otto
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1900
Edition: 1st Edition
Time Period: 1900 to 1939
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: WB Saunders and Co
Description Of Item: Original green cloth covers, 228 pages, 76 coloured plates and 6 engravings. A few pencil annotations
Historical Significance: Otto Haab (1850-1931) was educated in Zurich and received his doctorate there in 1875. Already the previous year, in 1874, he was assistant to Carl Joseph Eberth (1835-1926) in pathological anatomy and in 1877 at the ophthalmological clinic under Johann Friedrich Horner (1831-1886). He was habilitated for ophthalmology in 1879 in Zurich. In 1886 Haab succeeded Horner at the University of Zurich, remaining in this position until 1919. His written work concerns a wide spectre of ophthalmological themes. He contributed in particular to the knowledge of the pathological anatomy of the eye, operative ophthalmology and in particular the treatment of lesions of the eye. He introduced the giant magnet in eye medicine. Otto Haab is also remembered for Haab's lines = horizontal breaks in Descemet membrane occurring in congenital glaucoma, Haab's eye knife, Haab's eye mirror, Haab's needle and Haab's scleral resection knife. We have the 1901 edition and other editions of this book as well as other books by Otto Haab
Date Acquired: 2009
Condition: Good
Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection

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