Excerpt from Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, Including the Anatomy of the Organ The time has certainly come when a complete and acceptable treatise on the diseases of the eye, including its minute anatomy, will be cordially received by the American medical profession. We hope that the translation of Professor Stellwag's book, herewith presented, may prove to be such a work. Doubtless a compilation adapted more especially to the professional habit of thought in England and the United States, would have some advantages over a work originally prepared for medical men speaking another tongue. But we have believed that the present work presented sufficient advantages to outweigh any such objections to it. Moreover, without disregarding the great assistance rendered by English and French surgeons, we must consider the present advanced position of ophthalmology as due, in a great measure, to the labors of the Germans. Under these circumstances, it seems just to recognize this fact by presenting a text-book which is regarded as one of the best in the German language. We had nearly finished a translation of the second edition, when the author informed us that a third was in preparation. The changes and additions were so many, that we found it necessary to begin our work anew, and we accordingly translated this third edition from advance sheets sent by the author. Thus our labors as translators were greatly increased, but on the other hand we found very little to do as editors. Our work has been conscientiously performed, and yet, undoubtedly, many imperfections will be found, for which we ask the indulgence of the profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.