Author: Soemmerring, Detmar Wilhelm [1793-1871] [Andersen, Sigurd Ry (1915- ) & Munk, Ole, editors: ]
Title: An Extract of Detmar Wilhelm Soemmerring's Thesis: A Comment on the Horizontal Section of Eyes in Man and Animals
Description: Copenhagen, n.p. 1971. orig.wrappers. 24x16cm, 76 pp, Signed in ink by editor Andersen at the end of "Introduction. 2 plates.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Consists of a 3-page English introduction + facsimile reproduction of the 1818 Göttingen thesis (Latin text) with English translation on facing pages + Bibliography [pp 69-72.] "This volume is also published as Supplementum No. 110 of Acta Ophthalomogica". Contents: "De Oculorum hominis anamiliumque... / A Comment on the Horizontal Section of Eyes in Man & Animals: The Eye of Simia inuus; The Eye of Verpertilio auritus; The Eye of Marmota alpina; The Eye of Hystrix cristata; The Eye of Didelphis gigantea; The Eye of Ursus lotor; The Eye of Canis lupus;The Eyes of Felis lynx; The Eye of Equus caballus; The Eye of Antilope rupicapra; The Eye of Elephas asiaticus; The Eye of Castor fiber; The Eye of Phoca groenlandica; The Eye of Balaena mysticetus; Editorial Notes; Modern Scientific & Vernacular Names of Mammals Mentioned in Soemmerring's Text; Biobibliographical Notes; List of Works Used in Preparation of the Editorial & Biobibliographical Notes; Errata in the Latin Text.

Keywords: Ophthalmology, Eye Anatomy, Biology, History of Science, Medicine, , , ,