The prescribing spectacles
 Catalogue Number: 309 The prescribing spectacles Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: Archibald Stanley PERCIVAL Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1910 Edition: 1st Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Bristol Publisher/Manufacturer: John Wright and Sons Description Of Item: Original cloth, octavo, 159 pages Historical Significance: This book covers practical methods of refraction and measurement of muscle balance, and prescription of spectacles. It had 2 further editions in 1912 and 1928. Percival MRCS, MB, BCh Cantab (1862-1935) was an English ophthalmologist with a particular interest in optics of the eye. He wrote several books on optics. See obituary Br J Ophthalmol 1936; 20: 123-124. We also hold the 3rd ed. Condition: Very good Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |