Report on the progress of ophthalmology, 1872 : prepared for the American Ophthalmological Society / by B. Joy Jeffries.

  • Jeffries, B. Joy (Benjamin Joy), 1833-1915.
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[1872]
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    REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 1872. PREPARED FOR THE AMERICAN OPIITHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BY B. JOY JEFFBIES, A.M., M.D. Harv. BOSTON, MASS. • U. S. A. As the Society’s Committee, I herewith have the honor to make my Sixth Annual Report on the Progress of Ophthalmology. Again I am led to place a memorial dedication at the head of my contri- hution, which I know will meet the hearty approval of all the mem- bers of the American Ophthalmological Society. There are a num- ber of other younger men whom death has the past year taken from our ranks, but I join with Professors Arlt, Bonders and Leber, in calling Jager the Nestor of ophthalmology in the ‘‘ Vaterland.” The great event of the year has been the meeting for three days, in London, August 1-3, 18*72, of the International Ophthalmic Congress. Here I may be pardoned in adding, that the invitation I had the honor of suggesting was so warmly extended by our President and Secretary, that the Congress has voted to meet in America in 1876, the year of the celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of American Independ- ence. As the originator of the invitation, I claim the privilege of say- ing, my idea was that the Congress should not meet in any one of our large cities, but at Newport, for the same reasons that carry the Ameri- can Ophthalmological Society to that place in preference to all others, for its annual meeting. This remark I make in consequence of a recent notice in Prof. Zehender’s Journal of Ophthalmology. The Report of the London Congress will appear from official sources. An edition in French is already advertised at 12 fr. 50. I therefore append only an outline of its proceedings, taken from my notes during the several sessions. Wednesday evening (July 31) there was a preliminary meeting for inscribing names. One hundred and over did this. Of these, eleven were members of the American Ophthalmological Society, viz. :—Drs.