Ocular vertical deviations
 Catalogue Number: 1046 Ocular vertical deviations Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: ANDERSON J Ringland Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1947 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: British Journal of Ophthalmology Ltd Description Of Item: Original grey cloth cover, 107 pages, 2 sheets of addenda and corrigenda tipped in at back. 37 illustrations including photographs. TWO COPIES. Copy 1 Library stamp for University of Melbourne Department of Ophthalmology Library and top right corner of front fly leaf cut out. Copy 2 Ex Nathan Library and the Library of the Victorian Optical Association. Call number on spine. Stamps of both VOA and Australian College of Optometry Library and for the Victorian College of Optometry Historical Significance: Joseph Ringland Anderson (1894-1961) was an eminent Melbourne ophthalmologist, who was instrumental in the establishment of the first chair of ophthalmology in Australia at the University of Melbourne and after whom that chair is named. It was established in 1958 and filled in 1963 by Gerard Crock (1929-2007). Anderson was born in Lilydale, Victoria, educated at Scotch College and obtained his MBBS at Melbourne University in 1916. He studied ophthalmology in the UK obtaining his FRCS in 1919 and worked with Parsons at Moorfields Hospital London. On return to Melbourne he was appointed ophthalmic surgeon at the Alfred Hospital in 1923. He also obtained his FRACS in 1930 and his MD in 1932, the work for which is the foundation of this book. See Anderson's obituary Br J Ophthalmol. 1961 September; 45(9): 639-640) . He also wrote Hydrophthalmia or congenital glaucoma : its causes, treatment, and outlook Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1939 and Ocular vertical deviations and the treatment of nystagmus. Philadelphia, Lippincott [1959]. Being the son of a Manse he had an interest in religion and he wrote Why Presbyterianism? and why not reunion?: an ecumenical view in 1961. How Acquired: Donated by Alan Isaacs, honorary life member Date Acquired: Feb 2011 Condition: Good except for Library stamps and stickers Location: Archive room. East wall. Books by Australian authors |