Physiological optics, being an essay contributed to the American Encyclopedia of ophthalmology
 Catalogue Number: 2901 Physiological optics, being an essay contributed to the American Encyclopedia of ophthalmology Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: SHEARD, Charles Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1918 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Chicago,Illinois, USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Cleveland Press Description Of Item: Original brown cloth covers, 250 x 160 mm, 513 pages, 250 black and white diagrams, name of the previous owner J. A, Thomas on top of front paste down and on lower book edge. This book was limited to 400 copies. Historical Significance: Dr. Charles Sheard (1883-1963) is known for Sheard's criterion for evaluating accommodative convergence relationships and for establishing the first 4 year optometry course at Ohio State University (OSU). He published 9 books and > 65 papers on optometry clinical subjects. He was a physicist, not an optometrist, having obtained his PhD at Princeton University. He went to OSU as an instructor in 1907 and became Professor of Applied Optics responsible for the 2 year optometry course. He argued successfully for the course to be 4 years in 1915. In 1919 he went to the American Optical Company and was Director of Biophysics at the Mayo Clinic from 1924 to 1949. See J Opt Soc Amer 1958; 48: 205-6 for a biography. He was a central figure in the understanding of the accommodative and convergence relationship and the concept of graphical analysis of that relationship as a clinical tool. He also wrote two books on retinoscopy How Acquired: Purchased by Kett Optometry Museum Date Acquired: Jun 2016 Condition: Good but slight spotting at top of spine and cover Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |