An introduction to the prescribing and fitting of contact lenses
 Catalogue Number: 2502 An introduction to the prescribing and fitting of contact lenses Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: DICKINSON Frank, HALL, K G Clifford Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1946 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: Hammond, Hammond and Company Ltd Description Of Item: Original cloth cover, 220 x 145mm, no dust wrapper, 168 pp, 10 colour photos, 55 half tone photos and 32 diagrams. We held another copy, also without a dust jacket, which was de-accessioned 20.10.2014. This was anold Nathan Library op[y NL 003556 Historical Significance: This is a very early text book devoted solely to contact lenses written by two English optometrists. See also other early books on contact lenses: Obrig 1942 (# 95), Dickinson 1946 (#176), Bier 1953 (#494), Mandell 1965 (# 507), Thomas 1960? (#558), Anderson 1944 (#575) How Acquired: Donated by Harold Barton, Melbourne optometrist Date Acquired: Sep 2014 Condition: Good Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |