Tests and studies of the ocular muscles
 Catalogue Number: 207 Tests and studies of the ocular muscles Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: MADDOX Ernest E Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1898 Edition: 1st Edition Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Bristol Publisher/Manufacturer: John Wright Description Of Item: Original cloth, 427 pp and book advertisments, 112 illustrations. errata leaf. Old scale Snellen chart pasted inside front cover. Rubber stamp indicatingprevious ownership by W Wood (Melbourne optometric firm from mid 20th C) on half title page. Historical Significance: A very early work, and the first edition, setting the modern foundations of binocular vision coordination. The book contains useful illustrations of instruments and techniques. Maddox was an English ophthalmologist (1863 - 1933) who importantly elucidated the nature of binocular fusion and the components of convergence. He invented the Maddox rod and the Maddox wing test,the cheiroscope and the V test for astigmatism. He was ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth, and formerly Assistant Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Royal Infirmary Ediburgh and Syme Surgical Fellow at Edinburgh University. * Condition: Very good Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |