Refraction of the eye. A manual for students
 Catalogue Number: 58 Refraction of the eye. A manual for students Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: HARTRIDGE, Gustavus Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1900 Edition: 10 th edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: J and A Churchill Description Of Item: The book is hardcover, original cloth, 190 x 125 mm, with 269 pages including an index, followed by a publisher's catalogue. It has 105 illustrations. It covers optics, refraction of the eye, accommodation, convergence, methods of refraction, ophthalmoscopy, retinoscopy, hypermetropia, aphakia, myopia, astigmatism, anisometropia, presbyopia, strabismus, asthenopia and spectacles. This is the 10th edition: the first edition was published in 1884. Book stamp of former owner on front fly leaf for E J H MacFarlane, a Melbourne optometrist. Historical Significance: Gustavus Hartridge (1849-1923) was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and surgeon to a number of London hospitals. This book was written to help (medical?) students diagnose refractive errors and prescribe glasses. Gustavus Hartridge also wrote 'The ophthalmoscope: a manual for students' 1919 . He was a prominent ophthalmic surgeon in London. He is to be distinguished from Hamilton Hartridge FRS (1886-1976), a famous eye physiologist, but the two are related. Gustavus was Hamilton Hartridge's father's cousin and is said to have encouraged Hamilton's interest in the eye. This book was first published in 1884 and ran for many editions the last being the 16th ed 1919 How Acquired: Donated by Condition: Good Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |