Our ophthalmic heritage
 Catalogue Number: 2296 Our ophthalmic heritage Category: Book Sub-Category: Hewett collection Author: SNYDER Charles Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1967 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Boston Publisher/Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Description Of Item: Original boards half brown and mustard. 275 x 170 mm, 170 pages, illustrated in black and white. Foreword by Henry F Allen MD Historical Significance: The author was the librarian of the Lucien Howe Library of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School and the topic editor of and contributor to the 'Our Ophthalmic Heritage' section of Archives of Ophthalmology. The book is a selection of 37 papers from that section published between 1961 and 1966. Each is a short informal account of an event or a personage and includes papers on such topics as Babbage and his overlooked ophthalmoscope, Helmholtz's visit to Columbia University, Milton on his blindness, Franklin's double spectacles, and William MacKenzie and one of his investigations into cataract. How Acquired: Ex Nathan Library Date Acquired: Sep 2013 Condition: Very good except library stickers Location: Nathan Library. Hewett collection |