logologo-optometry

Diseases of the eye: a textbook for students and practitioners

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Catalogue Number: 349
Diseases of the eye: a textbook for students and practitioners
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Book of historical note
Author: Eugene WOLFF
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1948
Edition: 3rd Edition
Time Period: 1940 to 1999
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: Cassell and Company Ltd
Description Of Item: Original dust wrapper, original wine cloth cover, 208 pages, 133 illustrations and 5 colour plates.
Historical Significance: Eugene Wolff (1896-1954) was a British ophthalmic surgeon in North London. He was educated and worked in England but born in South Africa. He wrote 'Anatomy for Artists' in 1925 when he was an anatomy demonstrator. He wrote 'Pathology of the Eye' in 1934. See second edition Cat No 96. See his obit Br J Ophthalmol. 1954 April; 38(4): 253-256. He is most famous for his text book on ocular anatomy. See Cat No 348 and 1502
How Acquired: Donated by Tim Fricke, Melbourne optometrist, formerly owned by his great uncle Richard Froomes, also an optometrist
Date Acquired: 2/02/2000
Condition: Fine
Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note

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