Diseases of the eye
 Catalogue Number: 301 Diseases of the eye Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: John Herbert PARSONS Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1936 Edition: 8th edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: J and A Churchill Ltd Description Of Item: Original cloth, 705 pages and adverts, 21 plates and 360 text figures. Signature of J Schwartz 12 Collins St (Melbourne) and rubber stamp of 4th Australian General Hospital. NOTE unable to locate Sep 2008 Historical Significance: This was the standard text for Melbourne optometry students in the 1950s. It was first published as 'Diseases of the eye a manual for students and practitioners' in 1907, became 'Diseases of the Eye' and went to a 10th edition in 1942 when authorship went to Duke Elder and later SJH Miller. It continued for many years as 'Parsons' Diseases of the Eye'. 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 Condition: Fair Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |