A O A Optometrical Courses of Study
 Catalogue Number: 4356 A O A Optometrical Courses of Study Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Editor: TODD, William S Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1920 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Hartford, Connecticut, USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Department of Education, American Optometric Association Description Of Item: Black cloth hardcover 140 x 216 mm, 406 pages, consisting of bound copies of 15 booklets of Optometrical Courses of Study published by the American Optometric Association. Bookplate of the Wright Library of the Australian Optometrical Association on front paste down and hand-written dedication to Newnham Waterworth by the editor, William S Todd on flyleaf. Historical Significance: This is a collection of the series of self-education publications by individual expert authors broken up into lessons and questions on a range of topics. Topics are listed are: Anatomy of the Orbit, Arithmetic, Ocular Muscles, Algebra, Geometry, General Anatomy and Physiology, Optical Shopwork, Trigonometry, Refractive and Accommodative Errors and Their Corrections by Subjective Methods, Ophthalmometry, Static and Dynamic Skiametry, Practical Lessons in Blood Pressure Testing, Grinding of Ophthalmic Lenses, Ocular Accommodation and Hygiene.See the profile of Newham Waterworth by Charles Wright in Aust J Optom 1980; 63: 145-148, which is also on this web site under the tab 'People who made history' His draft Bill, presented to the Tasmanian Parliament in 1913 by Joseph Lyons, who was later to be Prime Minister of Australia, was the first Act of Parliament to legally recognise and regulate the practice of optometry in Australia. See Cat. No. 1064 for collection of individual booklets. How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia Date Acquired: 27/2/2023 Condition: Good Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |