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A Perfect Vision:  The Rare Book Collection of William Holland Wilmer

Exhibition Schedule | Exhibition Program | Exhibition Program Committee


INTRODUCTION

A Perfect Vision:  The Rare Book Collection of William Holland Wilmer
April 1-June 30, 2006.  Extended through July 30, 2006.
The George Peabody Library Exhibition Gallery
Hours: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

A Perfect Vision Catalog

A Perfect Vision is the first public exhibition of selected works from a collection of more than 400 volumes tracing the medical and scientific discoveries that ultimately led to the understanding of vision and the modern era of the treatment and prevention of eye diseases.  Featured are works dating from the 15th through the 18th centuries, arranged into seven overarching themes-astronomy, early medical teaching, optics, theories of vision, color, ophthalmology, and spectacles.

Acknowledgments

The Sheridan Libraries are grateful to the Wilmer Eye Institute for lending the works from the William Holland Wilmer Rare Book Collection for this exhibition. Special thanks to Mike Piorunski, librarian at the Friedenwald-Romano Library of the Wilmer Eye Institute, for his assistance. 

We wish to thank the curator, Richard Semba, Associate Professor of Opthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Exhibition Program Committee

Pamela Higgins, Chair, Exhibition Program Committee
John Buchtel, Curator of Rare Books
Linda Claremon, Associate Director of Development
Eliza Hill, Library Assistant
Sophia Jordan-Mowery, Joseph Ruzicka Feldmann & Marie Ruzicka Feldmann Director of Preservation
Donald Juedes, Librarian for Art History, Classics, and Philosophy
Sue Vazakas, Science and Engineering Librarian

Exhibition Staff

Martha Edgerton, Conservator
Lena Warren, Conservator
Will Kirk, Photographer, Homewood Imaging and Photographic Services
Design:  Johns Hopkins Design and Publications

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