About This Item
Title
Traité des Maladies des Yeux, Plate 13
Subject
Eye Diseases.
Ophthalmology.
Instrument, Surgical.
Description
Image of ophthalmic instruments from Traité des Maladies des Yeux, by Antoine Pierre Demours, 1818.
Creator
Demours, Antoine Pierre, 1762-1836.
Source
Original Image In: Kb 74 Atlas, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Traité des Maladies des Yeux is Antoine Pierre Demours major work on the pathologies of the eye. He served as occulist for French kings Louis XVIII and Charles X, as well introducing the use of pupil dilating agents in ophthalmic surgery and being the first physician to successfully transplant an artificial pupil. Demours was the son of Pierre Demours who was a zoologist and occulist of some note, and whose work contributed to the volume.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1818
Contributor
Paris : Chez l'auteur, 1818 (Paris: Firmin Didot)
Soemmering, Samuel Thomas, 1755-1830.
Relation
Language
fre
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Kb_74_Pl.13a
Kb_74_Pl.13b
Date Created
2018
Temporal Coverage
19th Century
Citation
Demours, Antoine Pierre, 1762-1836., “Traité des Maladies des Yeux, Plate 13,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/6953.