Author: Ruete, Christian Georg Theodor [1810-1867]
Title: Die Scrophelkrankheit, insbesondere die scrophulöse Augenentzündung
Description: Göttingen, Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1838. 1/4-leather. 21x13cm, xii,222,(8) pp, Four of the plates are loose. Exterior hinges rubbed. Two pages bear rumpling. Foxed. A crack to rear interior hinge.. 8 folding plates.. Binding corners rubbed. Rubberstamp to title-page. Good. ¶ Contemporary binder's quarter-leather. Study of phlyctenular conjunctivitis. ["Christian Ruete was a pioneer of German ophthalmology, and made several significant contributions in this field. In 1845 he designed the first ophthalmotrope, a device that serves as a mechanical model of the eye and its muscles, and is used to clarify movements of the eye. In 1857 he constructed an improved version of his earlier prototype. He made modifications to Hermann von Helmholtz's ophthalmoscope by implementing a concave focusing mirror, and thereby introduced "indirect ophthalmoscopy" to allow for a stereoscopic and wider view of the fundus of the eye. Ruete also conducted extensive research of ophthalmic disorders that included strabismus and hypermetropia" - wikipedia].

Keywords: History of Medicine, Eye Diseases, Phlyctenular, Conjunctivitis, Medical History, German, Scrofula, Eyes, Ophthalmology