Nosologia methodica oculorum: or, a treatise on the diseases of the eyes, selected and translated from the Latin of Francis Bossier de Sauvages; wherein the whole are methodically arranged: to which are also added, the descriptions and modes of cure, as recited by those authors who have written professedly on the various subjects herein enumerated. With annotations / By George Wallis.

  • Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages, François, 1706-1767.
Date:
1785
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Credit: Nosologia methodica oculorum: or, a treatise on the diseases of the eyes, selected and translated from the Latin of Francis Bossier de Sauvages; wherein the whole are methodically arranged: to which are also added, the descriptions and modes of cure, as recited by those authors who have written professedly on the various subjects herein enumerated. With annotations / By George Wallis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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