Stevenson' rare work on CATARACTS, ophthalmology, 1836

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Cataract; a familiar description of its nature, symptoms, and ordinary modes of treatment, particularly with reference to the system devised, and carried into extensive operation, by the author, at the "Royal Infirmary for Cataract," and in his private practice, with almost invariable success by John Stevenson * * See below for more pictures * * DETAILS: (London): Highley, 1836. Third edition. Green cloth binding, with title plate to front board. vi, 138, 2pp. 12mo (smaller sized book - 4.5in x 7.25in). CONDITION: Very Good (see table below for details). Some dirt, fading and edgewear to boards and spine. Light foxing to some pages. Some sunning at endpapers. Binding solid. A nice copy. *Photo(s) given of actual book. CONTENTS: A later edition of this rare ophthalmology text. The chapters include: nature and seat of cataract; symptoms of cataract; medical treatment of cataract; surgical treatment of cataract; facts and arguments in refutation of the old, and in confirmation of the new, mode of treating cataract; the superior advantages and general success of the new system, compared with the disastrous effects and frequent failures contingent on the usual modes of removing cataract; examination and refutation of some plausible, but untenable objections to the author's system; on the propriety of operating on a cataract existing read more

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