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SAINT-YVES, CHARLES DE. Nouvelle Traité des Maladies des Yeux,les Remèdes qui y conviennent, & les Opérations de Chirurgie que leurs Guérisons exigent. [30], 373, [33] pages. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, cover corners worn through; light to moderate foxing, scattered minor stains, blank lower outer corner off ã11, front free endpaper lacking. Bookplate of the University of Chicago Library with release stamp. Paris: Pierre-Augustin Le Mercier, 1722
first edition. signed by saint-yves on page [5]. This work records the first removal of a cataract from a living subject, the first extensive use of silver nitrate in treating eye diseases, including its first use for ophthalmia neonatorum, and the first exact description of gonorrheal ophthalmia. Garrison-Morton 5827; Becker 322.
