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|  | Home > About Us > News > Exhibits > A Perfect Vision 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 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 Exhibition Staff Martha Edgerton, Conservator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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