Volume 1

A new treatise on the diseases of the chrystalline humour of a human eye: or, of the cataract and glaucoma. With a new a theory of their causes, and an endeavour to demonstrate that there are no membranous cataracts; but that all cataracts are from an alteration of the chrystalline humour itself. With an exact description of a new and more successful method of making the operations necessary to the removal of the several species of these diseases. Humbly address'd to Her Majesty. To which is prefix'd, a Letter to the Physicians and Surgeons of London and Westminster ... / by John Taylor.

  • Taylor, John, 1703-1772
Date:
1736
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Credit: A new treatise on the diseases of the chrystalline humour of a human eye: or, of the cataract and glaucoma. With a new a theory of their causes, and an endeavour to demonstrate that there are no membranous cataracts; but that all cataracts are from an alteration of the chrystalline humour itself. With an exact description of a new and more successful method of making the operations necessary to the removal of the several species of these diseases. Humbly address'd to Her Majesty. To which is prefix'd, a Letter to the Physicians and Surgeons of London and Westminster ... / by John Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Gafialdi {g\ Dedier {h\ Pin/in (i), Dubois vv> Frytag (/), with many others, maintain both thefe Opinions, and aflert, that there are membranous Catarads, but that they are not fo common as thofe from an Alteration of the Chryftalline. On the contrary, Meffieurs Beider (a) Matt re-Jan {b\ Brtffeau (c), Petit (d), with many others, maintain that there are no membranous Cataracts, but that all Cata¬ racts are from an Alteration of the chryftal¬ line Humour. ^ 3 After r Queltio Medico-Chirurgica, &c. fab hac verborum •ene, an CataraXa a vitio humoris aquei aut cryftallini ori- atur, J {h) Sa Lettre ecrite a Mr. Woolhoufe, &c. Fid. fournal cles S^avans pour le mois de Juiilet, \jZ2. (i) Ses Obfervations fur la CataraXe & ]e Glaucome. {k) Suite des Maladies Chroniques V. 3. {/) Biifertatio Medica de CataraXa, 1. De CataraXa, Glaucomate, & amaurofiTraXatio, &e. 2. Apologia & uberior explicatio lyftematis fui de Ca- tarafta, Glaucomate, & amaurofi, contra Wolbufii ocularit Parifienfis cavillationes & obje&iones, itemque Parifonfis Eruditor, J J 3. Vindiciae fententiae fuas de CataraXa, Glaucomate, & amaurofi, &c. (£) Traite des Maladies de l’Oeil. M Traite de la CataraXe & du Glaucoma. (d) 1. Sa Lettre dans laquelle il demontre que le Criftallin eft fort pres de L’uvee, &c. 2. Sa Lettre contenant des reflexions fur ce que M. Hecquet a dit dans fes Remarques fur Tutilite de la faignee dans les maladies des yeux. ® 3. Sur les deux efpaces que l’humeur aqueufe occupe dans T oeil & fur le Criftallin & la CataraXe. V’ Hiftoire de T Academic Royale des Sciences pour l’annec 1722, 23, 25, 28, 3