Practical observations on the principle diseases of the eyes : illustrated with cases / translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa with notes, by James Briggs.

  • Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832.
Date:
1806
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Credit: Practical observations on the principle diseases of the eyes : illustrated with cases / translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa with notes, by James Briggs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    1 i THE ' % TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE. J^HE comparatively flow advancement of fur* gery, in common with the 'other branch of medicine, is principally to be attributed to 1 the great diverfity and extent of the fa(Rs upon which it is founded, and to their irregular and uncertain occurrence. But, independently of thefe obftacles to its improvement, which are naturally infeparable from the ftudy of it, it would fcem as if the flow progrefs of this department ot the healing art had been in no inconflderable degree owing to an impcrfedlion in the manner of cultivating it; by furgeons either limiting their - obfervatlons to the difeafes of fome particular part of the body, or by diredling their, foie at- f tentlon to fome particular difeafe. » Thofe who have applied themfelves to the fludy of difeafes of the eye, have too frequently confined a ' themfelves