GUERIN, Traité sur les maladies des yeux, 1769

GUERIN, Pierre.

Traité sur les maladies des yeux, dans lequel l'auteur après avoir exposé les différentes méthodes de faire l'opération de la cataracte, propose un instrument nouveau qui fixe l'oeil tout à la fois & opère la section de la cornée.

Lyon, V. Reguilliat, 1769.

12mo (164x92 mm), xvi-445-(7) pages and 1 folding plate. binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spine in six compartments. Handwritten notes on flyleaf.

First edition.
Remarkable work for its plate which presents an instrument of Guérin's invention for the operation of the cararacte.

references: Heirs of Hippocrates [1038 : "Guerin studied medicine at Montpellier and was chief surgeon at the Hôtel Dieu in Lyons when he wrote the present work. A comprehensive treatise, the volume covers all the common diseases and injuries of the eye. Although his methods of treatment have long since been outdated, Guerin exhibited a fundamental knowledge of the eye's anatomy and of the basic nature of its disorders. The single folding plate depicts a special instrument he designed for the extraction of cataracts."].

Price : 200 €

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