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A treatise on one hundred and eighteen principal diseases of the eyes and eyelids, &c. In which are communicated several new discoveries relative to the cure of defects in vision; with many original prescriptions. By William Rowley, M.D. member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c. To which are added, directions in the choice of spectacles.
Rowley, William, 1742-1806.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]- E-books
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An exact account of two hundred and forty-three different diseases, to which the eye and its coverings are exposed . All copied after nature, in the order many years given, in various languages, viz. Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, &c. &c. In the several courts, and in presence of crowned heads, sovereign Princes, and in many of the most celebrated academies, universities, and societies of the learned. Being the produce of the greatest experience, long and most extensive practice, (in the cure of distempered eyes,) of any in the age we live. The author the Chevalier John Taylor, opthalmiater, pontifical, imperial, and royal, viz. To His Present Majesty,-to the pontifical and imperial courts,-to the Kings of Poland, Denmark, and Sweden, &c.-to the several electors of the Holy Empire,-to the Royal Infant Duke of Parma,-to the Prince Royal of Poland,-to the Prince Royal Charles of Lorrain,-to the Princes of Saxe-Gotha, Orange, Brunswick, Anspach, Bareith, Hesse Cassel, Mecklenburg, Modena, Bavaria, Holstein, Liege, Zerbst, Saltsburg, Georgia, &c. and to almost all other crowned heads and sovereign Princes of Europe,-professor in optics,-member of the most celebrated academies, universities, and societies of the learned, viz. in France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Italy, Germany, Poland; and, in general, in all the Holy Empire, in Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Holland, Netherlands, &c.-raised to the dignity of citizen and noble of Rome, by a public act, in the name, and with the voice of the senate and people,-Fellow of that College of Physicians, and of the colleges of Padua, Pavia, Ratisbon, Gottingen, &c.-doctor of physic, and doctor of chirurgery in many of the most eminent universities,-chevalier in several of the first courts of the world,-and author of forty-four works on the art of restoring and preserving sight; all written by himself in several languages.-Who has been not only several times in every town in these Kingdoms, (viz. Great-Britain and Ireland,) but in every kingdom, province, state, and city, of the least consideration,-in every court, and presented to every crowned head and sovereign Prince in all Europe, without exception.
John TaylorDate: 1759- E-books
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An account of some of the many remarkable cures of various diseases in the eyes, performed by John Taylor, oculist, of Hatton Garden, who has practised for upwards of thirty years in London only . In which are inserted the patients names, particular diseases, and their respective places of abode.
Taylor, John, 1724-1787.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- E-books
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Remarks on the fistula lachrymalis With the description of an operation considerably different from that commonly used; and cases annexed in proof of its utility; To which are added, observations on hæmorrholds; and additional remarks on the ophthalmy; By James Ware, surgeon.
Ware, James, 1756-1815.Date: MDCCXCVIII. [1798]- E-books
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Thoughts on the present state of the practice in disorders of the eye and ear To which is added, an address to the inhabitants of Great Britain, particularly to those residing in the great metropolis of the British Empire, to which, by permission, are annexed, singular cases, authentic and remarkable cures, lately performed in London, in the diseases of those organs. By James Graham, M.D. oculist and aurist.
James GrahamDate: MDCCLXXV. [1775]