The recognition of ocular disease
 Catalogue Number: 258 The recognition of ocular disease Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: J FORREST Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1911 Edition: 1st Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Birmingham UK Publisher/Manufacturer: J and H Taylor Description Of Item: Original cloth, 170 pages, 61 illustrations in text and 9 colour plates. Also includes an interesting illustrated price list of optometrical equipment. Historical Significance: This book is sub-titled a 'Treatise for opticians'. The book is significant in being an early text by a London based eye surgeon for optometrists of the early 20th C. James Forrest MB ChB held appointments at several London hospitals. According to the preface the book was written to provide a general knowledge of eye diseases. The book was proof read by a Mr H L Taylor who is the author of books on optics and bifocals. The Museum has two copies of the 2nd Edition Cat Nos 88 and 183. How Acquired: Donated by CWV optometrists Launceston, formerly the practice of Eric Padman Date Acquired: Aigust 2005 Condition: Very good except for silver fishing of front fly leaf Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |