Essentials in the practice of optometry
 Catalogue Number: 97 Essentials in the practice of optometry Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: ADCOCK, Bertram Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1944 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Sydney Publisher/Manufacturer: Grahame Book Company Description Of Item: Original blue cloth, 103 pages. Signature of Cyril Kett on front fly leaf (Copy 1) Historical Significance: This book is probably the first student text book in optometry written and published in Australia. Adcock was a Sydney optometrist described on the title page as Lecturer in External Examination of the Eye and Refraction at the Sydney Technical College. The Foreword is by W G Kett, a professional leader in the 1920s to 1950s and long time editor of the Australian Journal of Optometry. He was the brother of C W Kett, an optometrist who practised in Melbourne from about 1910 to 1950, who in 1939 was a joint signatory to the original memorandum establishing the Australian College of Optometry. Two copies. COPY 2 is in Archive room. East wall. Books by Australian authors collection. How Acquired: Not known Condition: Copy 1 Good (library stamps and stickers) Copy 2 do. Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |