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Richard Banister
Richard Banister (died 1626), was an English oculist of in 1610, and was translated both into Flemish and into
Stamford, Lincolnshire. He was educated under his rela- German. The English translation by A. H. having become
tive, John Banister, the surgeon. He devoted himself es- out of print, a second edition was published in 1622 by
pecially to certain branches of surgery, such as ‘the help Richard Banister, together with an ‘appendant part’
of hearing by the instrument, the cure of the hare-lip called Cervisia Medicata, Purging Ale, with divers aphorisms
and the wry-neck, and diseases of the eyes.’ He studied and principles. The work received the name of Banister’s
under various persons eminent in these subjects, among Breviary of the Eyes in which the curative properties of
whom were ‘Henry Blackborne, Robert Hall of Worcester, Malvern water are also mentioned. In this treatise he
Master Velder of Fennie Stanton, Master Surflet of Lynn, names the best oculists for the last fifty or sixty years,
and Master Barnabie of Peterborough.’ To complete his not university graduates. Banister was buried at St.
education he studies the works of authors such as as Mary’s, Stamford, Lincolnshire, 7 April 1626. His wife
Rhazes, Mesne, Fernelius, and Vesalius. Anne was buried there 16 April 1624.
Banister then established himself in Stamford, and
acquired considerable reputation as an oculist. He was
in demand in all the nearby large towns, and was even
References
asked to go to London. He appears to have performed This article incorporates text from a publication now
numerous operations for cataract, and to have cured in the public domain: "Banister, Richard". Dictionary of
twenty-four blind persons at Norwich, of which he ob- National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
tained a certificate from the mayor and aldermen. Persondata
In 1622 Banister published a second edition of a Trea-
Name Banister, Richard
tise of One Hundred and Thirteen Diseases of the Eyes and
Eyelids, with some profitable additions of certain princi- Alternative names
ples and experiments, by Richard Banister, oculist and Short description
practitioner in physic. It is a translation from the French Date of birth
of Jacques Guillemeau, made by one A. H., and at its first
Place of birth
publication dedicated to the elder Banister. Guillemeau
was a distinguished surgeon at the courts of Charles IX, Date of death 1626
Henry III, and Henry IV of France, and his work, Traité Place of death
des Maladies de l’Œil (Handbook for treatment of ailments
of the eye), was published in Paris in 1585, and at Lyon
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