Saggio di osservazioni e d’esperienze sulle principali malattie degli occhi

by Antonio Scarpa

$2,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Pavia: Baldassare Comini, 1801. First edition of the first textbook on the diseases of the eye to be published in Italian. “The author has been called the father of Italian ophthalmology” Garrison-Morton . In this work Scarpa first described the operation of iridodialysis. The chapters on diseases of the vessels in the eye, on cataract, and on staphyloma are particularly noteworthy. Scarpa’s books were all

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