Paper, 'Casus rarissimus visus objectorum partialis' [On cataracts] by Abraham Vater
Reference number: CLP/14ii/17
Date: 1724
Description
Vater 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
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- CLP/14ii/17
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- 1724
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Abraham Vater, Paper, 'Casus rarissimus visus objectorum partialis' [On cataracts] by Abraham Vater, 1724, CLP/14ii/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_17/paper-casus-rarissimus-visus-objectorum-partialis-on-cataracts-by-abraham-vater, accessed on 23 June 2025
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VII. Casus rarissimus. visus objectorum partialis, communicante Domino Abrahamo Vater, Prof. Med. Wittemb. R. S. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1724
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0033
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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