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RefNoCLP/14ii/17
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Casus rarissimus visus objectorum partialis' [On cataracts] by Abraham Vater
Date1724
DescriptionVater shares the case study of a middle-aged woman who develops impaired vision, and sees objects as if through a mist or a net.

Subject: Physiology / Optics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Casus rarissimus. visus objectorum partialis, communicante Domino Abrahamo Vater, Prof. Med. Wittemb. R. S. S.'

Read to the Royal Society in May 1724
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0033
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4900Vater; Abraham (1684 - 1751)1684 - 1751
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