The Art of Clinical Refraction
 Catalogue Number: 4523 The Art of Clinical Refraction Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: Whittington T H Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1958 Edition: 1st Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: Oxford University Press Description Of Item: Original grey cloth covers with coloured dust wrapper,150 mm x 222 mm, 286 pages plus index of 7 pages, 78 text figures. Historical Significance: Book has handwritten inscription on flyleaf 'To my darling Cyril all my love Binnie xxxxxx' dated 24th February 1959. T H Whittington M.D M.R.C.P. D.O.M.S.(1878-1982) is described as Ophthalmic Surgeon, The Royal Eye Hospital formerly Consultant in Ophthalmology, King's College Hospital Teaching Group and Lecturer to the Medical School on the title page. He was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps in WW1. Further information can be found in an obituary in the British Medical Journal Vol 286, page 485, 5 February 1983 https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/286/6363/485.full.pdf How Acquired: Donated by Benita Levene, widow of Cyril Levene, optometrist Date Acquired: 24/02/2025 Condition: Very Good Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |