Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 185-189 , September 2001

Doctor Rush's Eye Water and the Opening of the American West

  • William C. Frayer, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Dr. WC Frayer, 1014 Bremen Road, Waldoboro, ME 04572 USA

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 Originally presented to The Cogan Ophthalmic History Society, Charlottesville, Virginia, 24 June 2000.

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Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 185-189 , September 2001