Enduring influence of elizabethan ophthalmic texts of the 1580s: bailey, grassus, and guillemeau.

作者: Christopher T Leffler , Stephen G Schwartz , Byrd Davenport , Jessica Randolph , Joshua Busscher

DOI: 10.2174/1874364101408010012

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摘要: Three English ophthalmic texts of the 1580s were frequently republished: 1) Walter Bailey's A Briefe Treatise Touching Preseruation Eie Sight, 2) The Method Phisicke, an adaptation medieval treatise Benevenutus Grassus, and 3) Worthy Eyes, a translation Jacques Guillemeau's treatise. Their history is intertwined through composite publications, some which lacked clear attribution. At least 21 editions incorporated these texts. Although not previously realized, major elements all 3 works are found in Two Treatises Concerning Eie-sight, first published 1616. To preserve eyesight, Bailey recommended eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis), fennel (Faeniculum vulgare), moderate lifestyle incorporating wine. In Grassus Guillemeau, cataracts believed to lie anterior 'crystalline humor,' treated by 'art needle,' or couching. Links between eighteenth century glaucoma concepts. one his students has traditionally received credit, it was oculist John Thomas Woolhouse who combined early concepts used term describe palpably hard eye century. three primary England influenced thought for over

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