Paris: Lauwereyns, 1871.
viii, 275pp. ill.
Illustrated: 22 photographic plates.
Subject: opthalmology.
Albert 1555:
This remarkable nineteenth century French book on eye surgery is
the first work on ophthalmic surgery illustrated with photographs.
It contains the first series of photos of actual operations in a
surgery textbook with 22 close-up shots of operations for
strabismus, cataract, iridectomy, canthoplasty, etc.
(almost certainly performed on cadavers). The photographer,
Dr. Montméja, founded the first journal devoted to medical
photography in 1869.
