Author: Leuw, F. W. (Friedrich Hermann) de.
Title: Ueber [Über] die jetzt herrschende contagiöse sogenannte egyptische Augenkrankheit, oder über die ansteckende Schleimdrüsen-Krankheit in der Augenlieder-Bindehaut.
Description: Essen, Bädeker, 1824. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Crown octavo. Pp. vii, (i), 107. Interleaved. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, cloth French corners, gilt spine, all edges marbled; title-page bit foxed. In a rather fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare. Friedrich Hermann de Leuw (1792-1861). The "Great Prussian Oculist," probably the most decorated physician ever, whose clinic at Gräfrath became a landmark in the history of ophthalmology. Here he discusses trachoma, a blinding disease that became a problem in Europe especially during the period of the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars 1798-1815), when soldiers returning from Egypt spread the "Egyptian Eye Disease" first in their army barracks and from there in the towns and cities of Europe. Not in Morton. H-2 OUT .

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