Dr. Walter Bayley and his works, 1529-1592 / by D'Arcy Power.

  • Power, D'Arcy, 1855-1941.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Dr. Walter Bayley and his works, 1529-1592 / by D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    D R HIS AND WORKS, 1529-1592 EY BY DARCY POWER, F.S.A. Received December 29tli, 1900—Rend June lfltli, 1907. The small boolc which I hold in my hand long aroused my curiosity. It is entitled ‘ A Briefe Treatise touching the Preservation of the Eiesiglit, consisting partly in Good Order of Diet and partly in Use of Medicines.5 It bears no author’s or printer’s name on the title page, but there is a contemporary inscription at the beginning of the preface which runs, “ To the riglite worshypfull my very good frynde Mr. John Pophame Her Majesty’s] attornye-generall” (Fig. 1, p. 421), and the preface is signed at the end, “ your very lovinge frynde Walter Bayley ” (Fig. 2, p. 421). The date is 1586. The book was bought in Dublin some years ago by Dr. Aquilla Smith, who seems to have paid one shilling for it. He gave it to my fathei’, who in turn has given it to me. I had also long known a small book, published in 1622, under the title ‘ Banister on the Eye,’ which contains “Banister’s Breviary of the Eyes,” Jacques Guillemeau’s “ Worthy Treatise of the Eyes,” “ A Brief Treatise con- cerning the Preservation of the Eyesight,” which is a