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Historical Bibliography Updated: October 7, 2021

Uso del los antojos para todo genero de vistas, en que se enseña a conocer los grados que a cada uno le faltan de su vista, y los que tienen qualesquier antojos.

Publication Details

Seville: Diego Perez, 1623 CE.

The earliest scientific work dealing with spectacles. It includes sight testing tables and points out the value of convex lenses after cataract operations. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

English translation by Paul E. Runge as The use of eyeglasses. Oostende: Wayenborgh, 2004.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#5821
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7039
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLuso-del-los-antojos-para-todo-genero-de-vistas-en-que-se-ensea-a-conocer-los-grados-que-a-cada-uno-le-faltan-de-su-vista-y-los-que-tienen-qualesquier-antojos

Geographic Context

Publication place: Seville

Mentioned in annotation: Oostende, Belgium