A synopsis of the diseases of the eye, and their treatment : to which are prefixed a short anatomical description and a sketch of the physiology of that organ / by Benjamin Travers ; with notes and additions by Edward Delafield.

  • Travers, Benjamin, 1783-1858.
Date:
1825
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Credit: A synopsis of the diseases of the eye, and their treatment : to which are prefixed a short anatomical description and a sketch of the physiology of that organ / by Benjamin Travers ; with notes and additions by Edward Delafield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    strikingly illustrates the truth of the doc- trine, that the confinement of any branch of the Profession to the hands of a few, ope- rates prejudicially to science, than the state of information in this country, concerning the Diseases of the Eye. Mr. Samuel Cooper has spoken so precisely, as I think, upon this subject, that I cannot do better than quote his words. The disorders of the eye and its appen- dages are far more numerous and diversi- fied than those of any other individual part of the body, and some of the requisite ope- rations for their relief ought to be done with the nicest combination of skill and delicacy. These circumstances, strangely enough, have had the effect of inducing an erroneous supposition, that such cases do not properly enter into the department of ordinary surgery ; but ought to be con- signed to the care of a man, who makes them exclusively the object of his atten- tion, and disregards disease in every other form. The morbid affections of the eye, it is true, like all other surgical cases, must be studied, in order to be understood.