Beschreibung eines Augen-Spiegels zur Untersuchung der Netzhaut im lebenden Auge

by Hermann von Helmholtz

$14,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Berlin: A. Förstner, 1851. First edition, an exceptionally fine copy in original printed wrappers, of this famous work which describes Helmholtz’s announcement of his invention of the ophthalmoscope, one of the most important clinical tools in medicine, which greatly improved the ability of ophthalmologists to diagnose eye disease and revolutionized visual science. The invention of the ophthalmoscope

• Binding: Wrappers

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