An introductory lecture on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the eye / [Richard Middlemore].

  • Richard Middlemore
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1839
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    * tw 5 degree. These are all, however, works of merit ; and, if you were forming a collection of books on diseases of the eye, they ought to constitute a part of it. Butit is my present object to recommend to you only one or two works, which are, at the same time, systems of ophthalmic surgery and the best guides to your ophthalmic studies. Here are the works of Lawrence,* Mackenziz,t and Cooper,{ and they are indeed real treasures. The work of Mr. LAWRENCE is unquestionably the best of the three; his intimate acquaintance with every department of medical investigation, combined with his knowledge of foreign medi- cal literature, give him advantages of no ordinary character, and no surgeon now living in any country has made a better use of them. His descriptions of disease are models of lucid accuracy and condensed completeness—neither ob- scured by extreme brevity, nor enfeebled by needless diffu- sion; and it appears to me that they enable the student, as far as this can be accomplished, to dispense with models, engravings, and all similar helps to written descriptions of diseased appearances. I do not, of course, intend to dis- parage the comprehensive work of Mr. MAcxkeEnzir, for its value is undoubted, and its merit too well established to be affected by my praise or censure, all I intend is, to stale my honest conviction, after having attentively considered and compared the merits of the two, that the work of Mr. Law- RENCE is much the best; furnishing not only the better guide to gentlemen engaged in practice, but also the better help to the attainment of ophthalmic knowledge by the student.§ In fact, it is difficult to do justice to this book, * A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye. Wondon, 1833. + A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye. London, 1830. t A Dictionary of Practical Surgery. London, 1838. See “ Amaurosis,” “ Cataract,” “ Ophthalmia,” &c. _§ Since the present Lecture was delivered, I find that Messrs. Lonemans have announced a third edition of Mr. MackENZIE’s work on the diseases of the E
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