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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 2, 2020

A treatise on the eye. The manner and phenomena of vision. 2 vols.

Publication Details

Edinburgh: G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1759 CE.

Porterfield was Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine at Edinburgh from 1724-26. His book included many original observations. It was the first important British work on the anatomy and physiology of the eye

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Entry Number#1484.2
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2513
External URLa-treatise-on-the-eye-the-manner-and-phenomena-of-vision-2-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Edinburgh