Author: Arlt, Ferdinand [1812-1887]
Title: Zur Lehre vom Glaucom
Description: Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller, 1884. orig. wrappers. 24x16cm, (4),142,(6) pp. 6pp plates.. Rubberstamp to cover. Minor wear. VG. ¶ ["Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt was an Austrian ophthalmologist born in Ober-Graupen, a village near Teplitz (Teplice) in Bohemia...He was the first physician to provide proof that myopia (short-sightedness) is generally a consequence of excessive length of the sagittal axis of the eye (bulbus)....The following eponyms are named after Arlt: --'Arlt's line': Linear scar present in sulcus subtarsalis during Chlamydia trachomatis infection.--'Arlt's operation': Transplantation of eyelashes back from the edge of the eyelid for treatment of distichiasis.-- 'Arlt's syndrome': A contagious eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.--' Arlt's triangle': keratic precipitates distributed in a wedge-shaped area on the inferior corneal endothelium" - wikipedia].

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