A Treatise on the Principal Diseases of the Eyes

London: T Cadell & W Davies, 1818. Second English Ed.. orig. publisher's bds.. A very good copy; x-lib. with small stamp on blank portion of the title.. 8vo. Three fldg. eng's. with figures. 16, 541, (3) pp.; 3 pls. (containing new figs. of instr. and pathology).

Scarpa's book on the eye went through numerous editions in different languages. The second English edition offered here has substantial changes to the text. Though the book has three plates (as in the original) Briggs, the translator, has added new figures to the plates. They illus. different conditions and a number of new surgical instruments. This provides the reader with the opportunity to date the commencement of changes in operative technique and approach during a formative period in ophthalmol See G-M # 5385.