Catalogue Number: 3161 Vision and aging Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Editor: ROSENBLOOM Alfred A, MORGAN Meredith W Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1998 Edition: 2nd Edition Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Stoneham, MA, USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann Description Of Item: Pictorial hardback, 240 x 160 mm, 463 pages, black and white illustrations and diagrams throughout text. Note June 2019 A copy of 1st ed.( Kett3697) is now in Hewett Collection Historical Significance: Al Rosenbloom BA (Penn State), MA (U Chicago), OD (Ill. College Optom) (1921-2015) was Dean of the Illinois College of Optometry from 1955 to 1972 and was known for his expertise in low vision and his advocacy in that field. Meredith Morgan BS (optom and physics), MA, PhD (all U Calif Berk) was Dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Optometry from 1960 to 1973. See Hindsight 2016; 47(3): 100-101 for more biographical information for Rosenbloom and Morgan. Morgan is an author in this book for two chapters. Noteworthy is that Australian optometrists Ian Bailey and David Cockburn are authors of chapters. How Acquired: Purchased by Kett Optometry Museum Date Acquired: Oct 2016 Condition: Very good except for bending of corners of the cover Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |