Diseases of the eye
 Catalogue Number: 1221 Diseases of the eye Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: WATSON D Chalmers Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1903 Edition: 2nd Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Edinburgh Publisher/Manufacturer: William Green and Sons Description Of Item: Original gold-lettered plum cloth, 257 pages, 9 coloured plates and 31 illustrations in text. Historical Significance: Dr Douglas Chalmers Watson MD FRCPEd (1870-1946) Consulting physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, who had been well known for his work on nutrition. He was the original editor of the Encyclopaedia Medica published in fourteen volumes at the beginning of the 20th century, of which a second edition appeared in 1915-25. Date Acquired: April 2009 Condition: Good Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |