Author: AMMON, F.A.VON
Title: Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Bildungsfehler des menschlichen Auges.
Description: Berlin, G.Reimer, 1838. - (1847).3 vols.in 4. Folio (...x.. cm). W. 55 engr. pls. (36 handcoloured and 19 plain pls.), w. 965 ophthalmological ills. Half cl., original brds., rebacked in modern black cloth. (X, 69; VIII, 31; VIII, 90 pp.). (Text of volume 3 badly waterstained and yellowed, other 2 vols. less so. Pls. not affected.). ('Einleitung' and index (1847) supplied in photocopy in modern half cloth binding, 36 lvs.). Hirsch I, pp. 117 - 121: Mentions this work without the title and preface of 1847 and on p. 120: 'Seine "Klinische Darstellungen" in denen die Berücksichtigung der pathologischen Anatomie ganz besonders hervortritt, sind eine Musterleistung ...': Hirschberg para 517: Becker Coll. item 14.1: 'A systematic summary and pictorial exposition of eye diseases including outward appearance, pathological anatomy and histopathology. This magnificent atlas containing 965 colored illustrations etched on 55 folio plates was published in 4 parts: parts 1 and 2 in 1838, part 3 in 1841, and part 4 in 1847. Part 2 specifically deals with the diseases of the eyelids, the lacrimal apparatus and the orbit. Part 3 describes congenital diseases of the visual system. and part 4 contains a preafce to the entire work and a cumulative index..': G&M 5852: 'probably the best summary of the knowledge of diseases of the eye prior to the introduction of the ophthalmoscope.': BOA vol. I, p. 5: Norman Cat 24: Münchow, pp. 412 - 413: Gorin, p. 120: 'Though this is his main ophthalmological work, Ammon also 'founded the first real professional periodical ...' But he was not only active in ophthalmology, he also established his name in the field of plastic surgery.: Albert e.a., Source Book, item 57: Gabka & Vaubel, pp. 133 - 134: '... this series also represent the first attempt to treat [burns with] contractions by means of plastic surgery [p. 64] ... Ammon is especially well known for his atlases of clinical views of diseases ...':

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