A supplement to Kennedy's Ophthalmographia, or treatise of the eye : in which is observ'd the plagiarism (from that treatise) contain'd in Dr. Bracken's Farriery. Remarks on Dr. Porterfield's motions of the eye, in the Medical essays, with the difference in opinions of cataracts, explain'd and reconcil'd. Also on William Cheselden, his observations on the eye, &c. in his Anatomy; and of the improvements made in our hospitals, &c. On Dr. P. Shaw, in his Practice of physick; Dr. Jurin on vision; and Mr. Sharp on the operations of surgery.

  • Kennedy, Peter, active 1710-1738.
Date:
1739
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Credit: A supplement to Kennedy's Ophthalmographia, or treatise of the eye : in which is observ'd the plagiarism (from that treatise) contain'd in Dr. Bracken's Farriery. Remarks on Dr. Porterfield's motions of the eye, in the Medical essays, with the difference in opinions of cataracts, explain'd and reconcil'd. Also on William Cheselden, his observations on the eye, &c. in his Anatomy; and of the improvements made in our hospitals, &c. On Dr. P. Shaw, in his Practice of physick; Dr. Jurin on vision; and Mr. Sharp on the operations of surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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