Author: DIEFFENBACH, J. F. (Johann Friedrich):
Title: Ueber das Schielen und die Heilung desselben durch eine Operation.
Description: Berlin, Albert Förstner, 1842, in-8vo, VIII + 220 p. + 3 lithogr. Falttafeln, Original-Pappband. ¶ Erste Ausgabe. First Edition. "The first successful attempt at treating strabismus by myotomy. The operation was later abandoned owing to the frequently disastrous final effects." "The present work is a full account of the author's method for correcting strabismus by severing the tendons of the eye muscles. The results of 1,200 operations are summarized. Dieffenbach and Stromeyer shared the Monthyon prize of the Institut de France for their pioneering studies of this procedure" (Becker Collection in Ophthalmology 110). Norman 638. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Garrison-Morton 5856:

Keywords: medicine medecine ophthalmology ophtalmologie