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Textbook of ophthalmology - Fuchs

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Catalogue Number: 4425
Textbook of ophthalmology - Fuchs
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection)
Author: FUCHS, Ernst (Translator Alexander DUANE)
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1900
Edition: 2nd American edition
Time Period: 1900 to 1939
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: H K Lewis
Description Of Item: The book is an authorised translation from the 7th German edition, listed on title page as second American Edition. The book is a large one in original brown cloth, 242 x 165 mm with 862 pages of text, 32 pages listing other publications of H K Lweis, an index and 277 illustrations. Bookplate of the Wright Library of Australian Optometrical Association on front pastedown. 'M.A. Reid, Edin. 11/00' hand-written on title page.See alos Cat Nos. 67, 192, 2889.
Historical Significance: Dr Ernst Fuchs (1851-1930) was Professor of Ophthalmology in the University of Vienna. He was the son of an ophthalmologist and headed the Second Clinic of Ophthalmology at the University of Vienna from 1885-1915. During those years, ophthalmologists from around the world travelled to Vienna to learn from the man considered the master of their profession. Fuchs' extensive clinical studies and histopathologic observations provided the first descriptions and definitions of many conditions and diseases of the eye, including Fuchs' dystrophy and more than a dozen others which still bear his name. His Textbook of Ophthalmology, first published in 1889, was regarded as the 'bible of ophthalmology' for more than 50 years. Decades after Fuchs' death, ophthalmologists around the world still relied on this definitive text. Ernst Fuchs was famed for his teaching abilities throughout his career but especially during the last 15 years of his life, which he spent travelling to teach and visit his pupils around the world. Dr Alexander Duane, a surgeon at the Ophthalmic and Aural Institute, NY, was the translator but he also made numerous additions to the English language editions which are either enclosed in brackets or signed with the initial D.
How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia
Date Acquired: October 2023
Condition: Fair
Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection

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