Collins, Edward Treacher (1862-1932)

Two short Papers on diseases of the Eye. Author's holograph MSS. (a) Glioma of the Retina (10 ff.). Published in 'International Clinics, Philadelphia,' 1895, 5s., iii, pp. 306-311. (b) The treatment of Primary Glaucoma. Post-graduate lecture delivered at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (7 ff.). Published ibid. 1897, 6s., iv, pp. 30-34. Produced in London.

1895, 1897

1 volume 10 ff. 7 ff. folio. 32 x 20 cm. Unbound. Written on the rectos only.

Presented 1933.

The author was a distinguished ophthalmologist who was house surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1883, and later surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital from 1895. He was elected F.R.C.S. in 1890, and was consulting surgeon to several hospitals. He published a 'History of Moorfield's Hospital' in 1929. [Cf. B.M.J. 1932, ii, pp. 1167-1169.]

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).