The Art of Preserving the Sight Unimpaired to an Extreme Old Age; and of Re-Establishing and Strenghtening it when it Becomes Weak. With instructions how to proceed in Accidental Cases, which do not require the Assistance of Professional Men, and the Mode of Treatment proper for the Eyes during, and immediately after, the Small Pox, To which are added, Observations On the Inconvenience and Dangers arising from the Use of Common Spectacles, &c. &c. By an Experienced Oculist. Third Edition

London: Printed for Henry Colburn, Public Library..., 1816. Large 12mo, 190 x 112 mms., pp. [vi adverts and blank leaf], xi [xii blank]. 228, engraved plate opposite page 89, uncut and and mostly unopened, original grey boards, cream spine, paper label; corners slightly crushed, some slight wear to upper front joint, but a very good copy of a book as issued in boards by, presumably, the publisher. Georg Joseph Beer, 1763-1821 began his career studying theology, but under the tutelage of Joseph Barth turned his energies to opthamology, and he was one of the earliest to make treatment and surgery of the eyes a separate discipline. "Beer became a popular teacher, and attracted a number of students who later excelled in the field of ophthalmology. Among his better known pupils were William Mackenzie, Philipp Franz von Walther, Carl Ferdinand von Graefe (1787–1840), Johann Nepomuk Fischer (1777–1847), Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck (1776–1851), Anton von Rosas (1791–1855), Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (1794–1876), Francesco Flarer (1791–1859) and Christoph Friedrich Jaeger Ritter von Jaxtthal (1784–1871), his future son-in-law. In 1812, Beer was appointed to the chair of ophthalmology at the University of Vienna. In 1818, he suffered a stroke which left him incapacitated and eventually led to his death three years later. During his career, he sought to liberate ophthalmology from dogmatic beliefs held at the time, and to establish ophthalmology on a foundation of careful observation"(Wikipedia).