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TRAVERS, Benjamin (1783-1858). A Synopsis od the Diseases of the Eye and their Treatment: to which are prefixed, a short anatomical description and a sketch of the physiology of that organ. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. 8° (202 x 128mm). 6 hand-coloured engraved plates (plates closely shaved, occasional affecting imprint or image, some light thumb-soiling or staining). FIRST EDITION. Garrison & Morton 5843; Waller 9661. [Bound with:] TRAVERS, Benjamin. Notes to a Synopsis of the Diseases of the Eye. London: G. Woodfall, 1821. 8°. Provenance: Steeven's Hospital, Medical & Surgical Library, 1813 (stamp on title). Traver's work was the first comprehensive and systematic treatise in English on eye diseases.
With William Kitchiner's Economy of the Eyes: precepts for the improvement and preservation of the Sight (London, 1824) and Frans Cornelius Donders' On the Anomalies of Accommodation and Refraction of the Eye (London, 1864). (3)
With William Kitchiner's Economy of the Eyes: precepts for the improvement and preservation of the Sight (London, 1824) and Frans Cornelius Donders' On the Anomalies of Accommodation and Refraction of the Eye (London, 1864). (3)
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