Catalogue Number: 2512 A colour atlas of contact lenses (& prosthetics) Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: RUBEN Montague Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1982 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: Wolfe Medical Publications Ltd Description Of Item: Original illustrated cloth cover, 260 x 200 mm, 151 pages, 600 illustrations mostly in colour, signature of the original owner, Harold P Barton 82 on front fly leaf Historical Significance: Dr Montague Ruben MED Y, CIRUG University of Barcelona) FRCS FCOph, DOMS, LCCP was an English ophthalmologist who was influential in the development of contact lenses in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the consultant ophthalmologist and Director of the Contact Lens and Prosthetics Department at Moorfields Eye Hospital and visiting professor in the Department of Optometry at the City University, London. How Acquired: Donated by Harold Barton, Melbourne optometrist Date Acquired: Sep 2014 Condition: Excellent Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |