United Kingdom. A Sinking of the Lusitania Medallion in Carton Newly Listed His contributions to ophthalmic literature

His contributions to ophthalmic literature were numerous: his chapter on "Ocular Bacteriology" in Wood's "American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology" marked him as an outstanding authority in that particular branch of the specialty

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United Kingdom. A Sinking of the Lusitania Medallion in Carton Newly Listed His contributions to ophthalmic literatureIn magnetic iron, the obverse illustrating the stricken liner sinking, her stern submerged to left while her ram shaped bow, laden with armaments, rises clear of the water (an image contradicting eyewitness accounts which stated that the ship went down bow first, the shape of the bow being a reference to the configuration of warships of the period and possibly a reminder that the British Admiralty had ordered merchant vessels to attempt to ram German