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A Treatise on the Cataract; with Cases to Prove the Necessity of Dividing the Transparent Cornea, and the Capsule of the Crystalline Humour, Differently, in the Different Species of this Disease.
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A Treatise on the Cataract; with Cases to Prove the Necessity of Dividing the Transparent Cornea, and the Capsule of the Crystalline Humour, Differently, in the Different Species of this Disease.

Translated from the French with Many Additional Remarks by James Ware, Surgeon.

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London, C. Dilly, 1791, Hardcover

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Hard cover. Beautifully rebound in 3/4 tan leather over marbled boards with gilt on red leather spine label. Octavo. 1 leaf, [xxi] 1, 290pp, one folding plate, (10) index and errata. Occasional light foxing to a few pages. Early owner's signature to the top right corner of the title page. Signature of L.Webster Fox dated 1882 in blank preliminary page. Very good.

Cataract extraction, when first introduced, was regarded by many as a passing fashion, but Wenzel adopted the new procedure with enthusiasm, and in the course of time improved it. In 1772 he was appointed oculist to King George III.

Doctor L. Webster Fox was a prominent ophthalmic surgeon. In his later years, his work took him to the western United States to treat the Blackfeet Indians. For his role in bringing about the elimination of trachoma, an eye disease prevalent among native Americans, Dr. Fox was adopted into the Blackfeet tribe.- Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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