Refraction of the eye. A manual for students
 Catalogue Number: 4343 Refraction of the eye. A manual for students Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: HARTRIDGE, Gustavus Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1911 Edition: 15th Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: J and A Churchill Description Of Item: Original slate cloth covers, 135 x 190 mm, 275 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of book advertisements, 110 illustrations, folding Snellen Chart opposite page 270 has been removed, index. F J Wright from Pte. T Cassidy and history notes regarding T Cassidy in Charles Wright's hand hand-written on fornt paste down. Bookplate of The Wright Library of the Australian Optometrical association on flyleaf. Historical Significance: Gustavus Hartridge FRCS (1849-1923) was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and surgeon to a number of London hospitals. This book was written to help (medical?) students diagnose refractive errors and prescribe glasses. Gustavus Hartridge also wrote 'The ophthalmoscope: a manual for students' 1919 . He was a prominent ophthalmic surgeon in London. He is to be distinguished from Hamilton Hartridge FRS (1886-1976), a famous eye physiologist, but the two are related. Gustavus was Hamilton Hartridge's father's cousin and is said to have encouraged Hamilton's interest in the eye. This book was first published in 1884 and ran for many editions the last being the 16th ed 1919. This is the archive's second copy of the 15th edition. see Cat No. 2386. The archive also holds the 10th (1900), 14th (1907) and 16th (1919) editions. Of particular interest is that the appendix contains several pages and illustrations of Culbertson's prisoptometer. The museum hold two examples of this optometer (Cat No 202 and 1177). How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia Date Acquired: Feb 2014 Condition: Good. Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |