A treatise on the operations for the formation of an artificial pupil; in which morbid states of the eye requiring them, are considered : and the mode of performing the operation, adapted to each peculiar case, fully explained; with an account of the opinions and practice of the different foreign and British authors who have written on the subject / by G. J. Guthrie.

  • Guthrie, G. J.
Date:
1819
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Credit: A treatise on the operations for the formation of an artificial pupil; in which morbid states of the eye requiring them, are considered : and the mode of performing the operation, adapted to each peculiar case, fully explained; with an account of the opinions and practice of the different foreign and British authors who have written on the subject / by G. J. Guthrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tance with the subject at present, a student must possess at least three books; Scarpa on the Diseases of the Eye ; Mr. Gibson, and Sir W. Adams on the Operations for Artificial Pupil; which is a serious inconvenience. With the hope of lessening the evil, this book was written. I have avoided entering into any unnecessary contro- versy, and where I have thought it ri^ht to combat the opinions, of either the dead or the living, I have endeavour- ed to do it with liberality. I have stated the facts on both sides as fairly as I was able and then drawn my inferences from them. I have also endeavoured to give to every one his own, and if I have failed towards any one, I shall be most willing to rectify the error on the slightest suggestion, whenever an oppor- tunity shall be given me. The observations which have been made on the different states of disease, and