The extra-ocular muscles; a clinical study of normal and abnormal ocular motility
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Catalogue Number: 758
The extra-ocular muscles; a clinical study of normal and abnormal ocular motility
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Book of historical note
Author: PETER Luther Crouse
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1936
Edition: 2nd Edition
Time Period: 1900 to 1939
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: Henry Kimpton
Description Of Item: Original plum cloth, 351 pages, 136 figures. Signature of John Nathan on front fly leaf
Historical Significance: Luther Peter (1869-1942) was a Philadelphia ophthalmologist who designed an operation for oculomotor paralysis which involved the transplantation of the tendon of the superior oblique.First ediiton is of of unknown date, the 3rd edition was published in 1941. Peter also published The principles and practice of perimetry 1938; Facts and fallacies concerning squint (cross-eye) 1932; Concerning senile cataract 1933, the latter two being publshed by the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
How Acquired: Donated by John Nathan, former President of the College and the first student to graduate from the College
Condition: Fair
Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note
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