Skip to main content
Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

A briefe treatise touching the preseruation of the eie sight.

Publication Details

London: R. Waldegrave, 1586 CE.

This is the first separate work on ophthalmology printed in England.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#5819
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7032
External URLa-briefe-treatise-touching-the-preseruation-of-the-eie-sight

Geographic Context

Publication place: London