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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 5, 2020

De vasis palpebrarum novis epistola.

Publication Details

Helmstadt: typ. H. Mulleri, 1666 CE.

Meibom described the conjunctival Meibomian glandsholocrine type exocrine glands along the rims of the eyelid inside the tarsal plate. They were, however, already known to Galen and were figured by Casserius in 1609.

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Entry Number#1481
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2469
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLde-vasis-palpebrarum-novis-epistola

Geographic Context

Publication place: Helmstadt