Excerpt from Recent Advances in Ophthalmic Science: The Boylston Prize Essay for 1865I have endeavored, without introducing the nice ties Of abstruse mathematical calculations, to give a concise and clear exposition of the many new facts and principles, Of which the recent demonstration, by Professors Donders, Graefe, Helmholz, and others, has conferred a fresh lustre upon Ophthalmology and' entitled it to a high place among the depart ments of medical science.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.