Publications of John Taylor

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  • Taylor, John. An account of the mechanism of the eye. Wherein its power of refracting the rays of light, and causing them to converge at the retina, is consider'd: With an Endeavour to ascertain the true Place of a Cataract, and to shew the good or ill Consequences of a Judicious or Injudicious Removal of it. By John Taylor, Surgeon in Norwich. Norwich: printed by Henry Cross-Grove, and sold by the booksellers of London and Norwich, 1727. ESTC No. T96756. Grub Street ID 316202.
  • Taylor, John. A new treatise on the diseases of the chrystalline humour of a human eye: or, of the cataract and glaucoma. With a New Theory of their Causes, and an Endeavour to demonstrate that there are no membranous Cataracts; but that all Cataracts are from an Alteration of the chrystalline Humour itself. With An exact Description of a new and more successful Method of making the Operations necessary to the Removal of the several Species of these Diseases. Humbly address'd to Her Majesty. To which is prefix'd, a letter to the physicians and Surgeons of London and Westminster. By John Taylor, M. D. Oculist, Fellow of the College of Physicians of Basle in Swisserland, of the Imperial Academy of Cologn in Germany, and of the Society of Leige and Rheims. London: printed for James Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, MDCCXXXVI. [1736]. ESTC No. T96747. Grub Street ID 316193.
  • Taylor, John. The sentiments of the professors of physick, in the foreign universities, concerning the operations and method of curing the diseases incident to the eye, as practised by John Taylor, Doctor of Physick, Surgeon, Oculist to his Majesty, and Fellow of several Colleges of Physicians in foreign Parts. London: printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.XLII. [1742]. ESTC No. N21968. Grub Street ID 11327.
  • Taylor, John. The case of Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, Baronet, fairly and impartially stated. Containing a full and exact account of the singular disorder in the eye of this gentleman. With A faithful Relation of the great Variety of uncommon Circumstances attending his Cure. And A clear Demonstration of the highest Probability of his Perfect Recovery. By J. Taylor, Doctor of Physick; Oculist to his Majesty; and Member of several of the Colleges of Physicians in Foreign Parts. London: printed for J. Crockatt, near Garraway's Coffee-House in Exchange-Alley; and sold by M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1743. ESTC No. T96755. Grub Street ID 316201.
  • Taylor, John. An impartial inquiry into the seat of the immediate organ of sight: viz. whether the retina or choroïdes. Being the subject of a lecture, n a course lately given on the nature and cure of the diseases of the eye. To which are annexed, five and forty qureies [sic] on this controverted subject. ... To which is added, some account of the author's success, and a list of writers on the diseases of the eye, ... By John Talyor, Doctor of physic,. London: sold by M. Cooper, 1743. ESTC No. T37028. Grub Street ID 266835.
  • Taylor, John. Syllabus cursus anatomiæ, infirmitatum atque operationum globi ocularis, et partium contiguarum, D.D. Josepho Cervy, ... dicatus à D.D. Joanne Taylor, ... authore. Londini: impensis T. Cooper, 1743. ESTC No. T152263. Grub Street ID 197274.
  • Taylor, John. An exact account of two hundred and forty-three different diseases, to which the eye and its coverings are exposed. All copied after nature, in the order many years given, in various languages, viz. Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, &c. &c. In the several courts, and in presence of crowned heads, sovereign Princes, and in many of the most celebrated academies, universities, and societies of the learned. Being the produce of the greatest experience, long and most extensive practice, (in the cure of distempered eyes,) of any in the age we live. The author the Chevalier John Taylor, opthalmiater, pontifical, imperial, and royal, viz. To His Present Majesty,-to the pontifical and imperial courts,-to the Kings of Poland, Denmark, and Sweden, &c.-to the several electors of the Holy Empire,-to the Royal Infant Duke of Parma,-to the Prince Royal of Poland,-to the Prince Royal Charles of Lorrain,-to the Princes of Saxe-Gotha, Orange, Brunswick, Anspach, Bareith, Hesse Cassel, Mecklenburg, Modena, Bavaria, Holstein, Liege, Zerbst, Saltsburg, Georgia, &c. and to almost all other crowned heads and sovereign Princes of Europe, ... -Fellow of that College of Physicians, and of the colleges of Padua, Pavia, Ratisbon, Gottingen, &c.-doctor of physic, and doctor of chirurgery in many of the most eminent universities,-chevalier in several of the first courts of the world,-and author of forty-four works on the art of restoring and preserving sight; all written by himself in several languages.-Who has been not only several times in every town in these Kingdoms, (viz.Great-Britain and Ireland,) but in every kingdom, province, state, and city, of the least consideration,-in every court, and presented to every crowned head and sovereign Prince in all Europe, without exception. Edinburgh: printed by Robert Fleming, 1759. ESTC No. T183361. Grub Street ID 219771.
  • Taylor, John. The history of the travels and adventures of the Chevalier John Taylor, ophthalmiater; ... Written by himself. ... Addressed to his only son. ... London: printed for J. Williams, 1761-62. ESTC No. T145526. Grub Street ID 192264.