logologo-optometry

Ophtha-Philately. A journey to ophthalmology through the postage stamps of the world

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Catalogue Number: 2301
Ophtha-Philately. A journey to ophthalmology through the postage stamps of the world
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Hewett collection
Author: BASAK Samar K
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 2007
Time Period: 21st C
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: New Delhi
Publisher/Manufacturer: Jaypee Brothers, Medical Publishers Ltd
Description Of Item: Paperback, colour illustrated cover, 180 x 120 mm, 206 pages, profusely illustrated in colour throughout. The book is divided into two parts: part 1 General ophthalmology (eye anatomy, vision 2020, treatments, blindness, conferences) and Part 1 Personalities including non-ophthalmologists who have contributed to ophthalmology and ophthalmologists who turned to other fields.
Historical Significance: The author is an Indian ophthalmologist working in the Dish Eye Hospitals in Barrackpore, West Bengal. See also Cat No 1104 History of ophthalmology Vol 11 part 2 that includes a large section on ophthalmic postage stamps
How Acquired: Purchased by Kett Museum (from Abebooks)
Date Acquired: Sept 2013
Condition: Good
Location: Nathan Library. Hewett collection

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