Catalogue Number: 811 The stereoscope in ophthalmology Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: David Washburn WELLS Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1928 Edition: 4th Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Boston Publisher/Manufacturer: E F Mahady Company Description Of Item: Original black cloth cover, 107 pages and one page of advertisements, 34 black and white illustrations in text. Historical Significance: This is a revised enlarged edition of Cat No 344. It is a manual for use of the phoro-optometer and the Wells Stereoscopic cards. David Wells MD was Associate Professor of Ophthamology at the Boston University Medical School and Ophthalmic Surgeon Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, Boston. It is designed to accompany the phoro-optometer stereoscope and the Wells selection of stereoscopic cards. The author advocates orthoptics rather than surgery. How Acquired: Not known Condition: Good Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |