logologo-optometry

Diseases of the eye: a textbook for students and practitioners

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Catalogue Number: 96
Diseases of the eye: a textbook for students and practitioners
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Book of historical note
Author: WOLFF, Eugene
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1942
Edition: 2nd edition
Time Period: 1940 to 1999
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: Cassell and Company
Description Of Item: Original olive brown cloth cover, 222 pages, 128 figures in text and 5 colour plates. 1st edition was 1937.
Historical Significance: Eugene Wolff (1896-1954) was a British ophthalmic surgeon in North London. He was educated and worked in England but born in South Africa. He wrote 'Anatomy for Artists' in 1925 when he was an anatomy demonstrator. He wrote 'Pathology of the Eye' in 1934. See his obiturary Br J Ophthalmol. 1954 April; 38(4): 253-256. He is most famous for his text book on ocular anatomy. See Cat No 348
How Acquired: Not known
Condition: Fair (library stamps and stickers)
Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note

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