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leaflet; programme
UMIST; Northern Optical Congress
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Manchester
1990-09-12
paper; card; plastic
overall: 210 mm x 99 mm
Programme for a regional conference held in the newly-opened Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Manchester, from 11-12 September 1990 on the theme of 'The Eye and Brain in Health and Disease'. A4 portrait format, printed on multiple sheets of white paper, with blue card end covers, spiral-bound with a white plastic spine at the top. Contents include welcome from the Congress Chairman (Richard Abadi), Congress programme, Welcome to Manchester, the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences at UMIST (including information on the degree programmes offered and the newly-begun alumni group - est. 1989), The Dickinson Lecture (Professor Stuart Hodson - profile and abstract: 'Recent Trends in Corneal Research'), The Barker-Meadley Lecture (David McLeod - profile and abstract: 'The Retina in Health and Disease'), The Marton Lecture (David Henson - profile and abstract: 'Investigation of Visual Pathway Defects'), The Northern Optical Society Lecture (Robert Hess - profile and abstract: 'A Disorder of the Visual Cortex Involving Motion Perception'), also a promotion for the NOS Course of Lectures 1990-91, The John Dalton Lecture (Colin Blakemore - profile and abstract: 'Machinery of Vision'), List of sponsors.
2018.940
Gift of Dr Richard Abadi, 2017