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 |