Refraction and accommodation of the eye
 Catalogue Number: 4344 Refraction and accommodation of the eye Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: LANDOLT, Edmonde Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1886 Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Edinburgh Publisher/Manufacturer: Young J Pentland Description Of Item: Original blue cloth hardcover, 175 x 240 mm, 600 pages, 147 illustrations. Bookplate for The Wright Library of the Australian Optometrical Association on front flyleaf. Translated from French to English by G M Culver Historical Significance: Edmond(e) Landolt 1846-1926 was the Swiss ophthalmologist who devised the Landolt ring and published a multi-volume treatise on ophthalmology. He worked with Helmholtz, von Graefe, Snellen and Donders. His obituary in Brit J Ophthal 1926; 10: 463 says he will go down in history as the pioneer of the study of the action of eye muscles and their disorders and treatment. He delivered the Bowman lecture in 1911 and re-founded Arch d'Ophtalmol but the obit makes no mention of famous Landolt ring, which he invented in 1888.Another copy is held in the Aitken Collection, Cat. No. 277 How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia Date Acquired: 28/09/1985 Condition: Good. Separation of cover from flyleaf. Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |