John Zachariah Laurence - bibliography

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Biography

English ophthalmologist, born 1829; died July 18, 1870.

Bibliography

  • The diagnosis of surgical cancer (Lectures on theology).
    London, John Churchill, January 1, 1855.
    A classic treatise on histological studies in the diagnosis of cancer.
  • The influence of the variation of the size of the pupil on the accomodating power of the eye.
    London: W. Mackenzie, 1860. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, H. C. Lea, January 1, 1869.
  • The Sensibility of the Eye to Colour. 1861.
  • A Handy-book of Ophthalmic Surgery for the Use of Practitioners.
    Written with Robert C. Moon. London, Robert Hardwicke, January 1, 1866.
  • A. Sorsby:
    Zachariah Laurence. A belated tribute.
    British Journal of Ophthalmology, London, 1932, 16: 727.

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