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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 14, 2020

Traité des maladies des yeux. 3 vols. and atlas.

Publication Details

Paris: L’Auteur et Crochard, 1818 CE.

Includes the first description of glaucoma in which heightened intraocular pressure is recognized, credit for which goes to the author’s father, Pierre Demours (1702-95), whose portrait appears in the atlas in recognition of this. The atlas also contains the first French translation of Soemmerring (No. 1489) with additional plates.

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Entry Number#5842.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7157
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLtrait-des-maladies-des-yeux-3-vols-and-atlas

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris