Atlas of the external diseases of the eye including a brief treatise on the pathology and treatment (Spine title: )

Historical Significance: This book is a translation from the German by D E DeSchweinitz who was Professor of Ophthalmology in the Jeferson Medical College, Philadephia. He checked the translation and made editorial comments in brackets. Otto Haab (1850-1931) was educated in Zurich and received his doctorate there in 1875. In 1874, he was assistant to Carl Joseph Eberth (1835-1926) in pathological anatomy, in 1877 at the ophthalmological clinic under Johann Friedrich Horner (1831-1886). He was habilitated for ophthalmology in 1879 in Zurich. In 1886 Haab succeeded Horner at the University of Zurich, remaining in this position until 1919. His written work concerns a wide spectre of ophthalmological themes. He contributed in particular to the knowledge of the pathological anatomy of the eye, operative ophthalmology and in particular the treatment of lesions of the eye. He introduced the giant magnet in eye medicine. Otto Haab is also remembered for Haab's lines = horizontal breaks in Descemet membrane occurring in congenital glaucoma, Haab's eye knife, Haab's eye mirror, Haab's needle and Haab's scleral resection knife. The book is marked as being part of the VOA Library which then became part of the VCO Library when the VCO was founded in 1940. The signature on the title page is for Cyril W Kett, already a Fellow of the Victorian Optical Association (FVCO) and presumably in London having studied for his British optometry qualifications (FSMC, FBOA).