The neurology of vision
 Catalogue Number: 303 The neurology of vision Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: Herbert John PARSONS Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1904 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: Hodder and Stoughton Description Of Item: Printed paper wrappers, 70 pages, illustrated including 2 colour plates Historical Significance: This book prints 2 lectures on neurology of vision. John Parsons FRS (1868-1957) was a prominent British ophthalmologist with a special interest in pathology. He published a 4 volume 'Pathology of the Eye' in 1904-8. He also had an interest in colour blindness and published 'Introduction to colour vision' in 1915. See Duke Elder S. John Parsons. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1958; 4: 204-214. This is an early book written by Parsons who was to become famous for his standard text book on Diseases of the Eye see Cat No 301. How Acquired: Donated by Mrs Werner, widow of one of the Werner optometrists of the first half of the 20th C Condition: Fair (untidily rebacked) Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 1 |