The structure and functions of the eye, illustrative of the power, wisdom, and goodness of God / by Spencer Thomson.

  • Thomson, Spencer, 1817-1886.
Date:
1857
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Credit: The structure and functions of the eye, illustrative of the power, wisdom, and goodness of God / by Spencer Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTEE I. SENSATION. PACK Definition of Sensation—Conditions of Sensation— Speciality of Sense—Modification of Sense . . 17 CHAPTEE II. LIGHT. Light—Hypothesis of Nature—Velocity, &c.—Ee- lation to Bodies—Luminous—Opaque—Trans- parent—Colour — Eefraction—Laws of—Plane Surfaces—Curved Surfaces—Density of Media— Lenses—Eocal Points—Formation of Image— Spherical Aberration—Eeflection of Light—Chro- matic or Colour Phenomena—Prism—Eecapitula- tion 27 CHAPTEE III. ANATOMY OF HTJMA1S EYE. Organ of Yision generally—Orbits—External Ap- pendages — Eyelids — Orbicular Muscle — Con-