Stereoscopic treatment of heterophoria and heterotropia
 Catalogue Number: 344 Stereoscopic treatment of heterophoria and heterotropia Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: David Washburn WELLS Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1912 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: New York Publisher/Manufacturer: EH Megrowitz Description Of Item: Original cloth, 75 pages, 24 illustrations Historical Significance: This is a first edition by an eminent worker in the field of orthoptics. David Wells MD was Associate Professor of Ophthamology at the Boston University Medical School and Ophthalmic Surgeon Massachusetts Homeopathic hospital, Boston. The book is designed to accompany the pharo-optometer stereoscope and the Wells selection of stereoscopic cards. The author advocates orthoptics rather than surgery for binocular disorders. See Cat No 345 and 811 for other books by Wells. How Acquired: Donated by Brian Flynn, Melbourne optometrist, former honorary VCO archivist and member of the College Condition: Very good Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |