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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 2, 2020

Ophthalmo-graphia; sive, oculi eiusque partium descriptio anatomica.

Publication Details

Cambridge, England: J. Hart, 1676 CE.

First English treatise on the anatomy of the eye. Briggs described the papilla of the optic disc and hypothesized that vibrations caused by rays of light striking fibers of the retina were conveyed to the papilla, and thence to the optic thalami, on the model of a spider’s web.

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Entry Number#1481.2
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External URLophthalmographia-sive-oculi-eiusque-partium-descriptio-anatomica

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, England