Catalogue Number: 4339 The nervo-muscular mechanisms of the eyes and routine in eye work Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: SAVAGE Giles Christopher Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1916 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Nashville Publisher/Manufacturer: self published Description Of Item: Original cloth, 138 x 193 mm, 70 pages, illustrations. H G Pank 69 Rundle St Adelaide handwritten in pencil on flyleaf. Historical Significance: This is a treatise on ocular muscles with the second part dealing with practice routines. The author published other books around the same topic. Giles Savage (1854- was the first ophthalmologist in the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University having done postgraduate work in London and Vienna and was appointed Professor of Ophthalmology in 1886. See also Cat No 318, 319Harold Pank (1882-1935)was a founder of the Adeaide optometry practiovce Laubman and Pank. How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia Date Acquired: 20/2/2023 Condition: Fine Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |