A handy-book of ophthalmic surgery for the use of practitioners. Assisted by Robert C. Moon.
1869M13952Philadelphia:: Henry C. Lea 1869. 1869. 8vo. vi 227 32 ads. pp. 4 plates index. Original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine title; top portion of spine mended with kozo spine title is not showing all the words. Very good. Second edition revised and enlarged. "In 1866 he described a syndrome of retinitis pigmentosa loss of vision progressing to blindness mental retardation stunted stature and hypogonadism. This disease would become known as the Laurence–Moon syndrome named along with his colleague Robert Charles Moon." Wikipedia. John Zachariah Laurence 1829–1870 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons English ophthalmologist practiced medicine in London. "He was the founder of the South London Ophthalmic Hospital in 1857 later to become known as the Royal Eye Clinic." Robert Charles Moon 1844–1914 was an ophthalmologist who practiced medicine in England and the United States in Philadelphia where he was very engaged with helping the blind. He was the son of William Moon 1818–1894 inventor of "Moon type" an embossed alphabet for the blind. Wikip. Henry C. Lea, 1869. hardcover books
