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At head of title: XV Concilium Ophthalmologicum 1937, Egypte. 248 x 166 mm. 8vo. Entire volume: [ii], 283, [1] pp. 17 plates (42 figs.) + 83 plates (95 figs.), bibliog.; EXTENSIVE UNDERLINING AND MARGINALIA (pencil & inks) on the Wagner-Keith paper (otherwise clean). Modern quarter brown cloth (with overstitching), patterned paper over boards, gilt spine, original printed wrappers bound in. Ms. notation on original top cover. Bookplate of Jerry F. Donin. Very good binding, good internally considering the notes. VERY RARE. Three ophthalmological papers from the XV Concilium Ophthalmologicum, 1937 held in Egypt. The lead paper is by Wagner & Keith. The second contribution is by the noted French ophthalmologist, Paul Alfred Marie Bailliart. The third paper is contributed by Yoshizo Koyanagi of Japan, writing her in German, on changes to the retina caused by high blood pressure, with 83 plates showing the pathology. / This paper pre-dates the Garrison and Morton paper of the same topic & title, published in the journal Medicine, vol. 18, pp. 317-430, (1939). "Wagner and Keith classified essential hypertension and lesions of the fundus into four groups." â" Garrison and Morton 2723 and 2922. / Henry Wagener wrote mostly on ocular changes in hypertension. Together with Keith he set up a classification of retinal hypertensive changes that was popular." â" Gorin, History of ophthalmology, p. 336. / This volume includes: Paul Alfred Marie Bailliart (1877-1969), "L'hypertension arterielle retinienne," Bailliart gained an international reputation for his work on the retinal circulation, the ophthalmological manuals he co-authored, and his development of Bailliart's ophthalmodynamometer, Bailliart's goniometer, and Bailliart's tonometer. ALSO: Yoshizo Koyanagi (1880-1954), "Veranderungen an der Netzhaut bei Hochdruck. Pathologische Anatomie." Yoshizo Koyanagi was a Japanese ophthalmologist who is recognized for his description of what is now known as Vogtâ"Koyanagiâ"Harada disease (VKH). PROVENANCE: Jerry F. Donin was a distinguished ophthalmologist and medical book collector, formerly of Claremont, California.