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Stabismus: Its re-education: the physiology and pathology of binocular vision

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Catalogue Number: 4329
Stabismus: Its re-education: the physiology and pathology of binocular vision
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Book of historical note
Author: CANTONNET Andre Louis Henri, FILLIOZAT Jean with the collaboration of G. Fombeure. Translated by Max COQUE
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1934
Time Period: 1900 to 1939
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: M Wiseman and Co Ltd
Description Of Item: Original blue cloth hardcover, 379 pp. 83 illustrations. Name W P Wood 1934 and embossed booksellers name on flyleaf. Eight Page Leaflet advertising Saunders' New Books enclosed.
Historical Significance: The first edition of a comprehensive text book on strabismus and orthoptics, translated from French by M Coque. The emphasis is on re-education of the binocular system rather than surgery. Cantonnet is remembered for his Pigeon-Cantonnet stereoscope, which is described in this book on page 67.
How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia
Date Acquired: 13/2/2023
Condition: Good
Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note

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