Catalogue Number: 318 Ophthalmic myology, a systematic treatise on the ocular muscles Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: SAVAGE Giles Christopher Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1902 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Nashville Publisher/Manufacturer: self published Description Of Item: Original cloth, 580 pages, 61 illustrations plus 6 plates Historical Significance: This is a treatise on the diagnosis and treatment of heterophoria and heteroptropia. There was a second edition (or reprinting) in 1911. It was preceded by 'Ophthalmic neuro-myology; a study of the normal and abnormal actions of the ocular muscles from the brain side of the question'. 1905 (re-issued 1926). The author publshed other books around the same topic. Giles Savage (1854-?) was the first ophthalmologist in the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University having done postgraduate work in London and Vienna and was appointed Professor of Ophthalmology in 1886. How Acquired: Donated by Condition: Fair (breaking at front joint) Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |