Author: Arlt, Ferdinand, Ritter von [1812-1887]
Title: Die Pflege der Augen im gesunden und kranken Zustande, nebst einem Anhange über Augengläser
Description: Prag, Fr. Aug. Credner, 1865. 3. Ausgabe, orig. wrappers. 25x17cm, vii,147 pp. 3. umgearbeitete Ausgabe. Some chips & tears to spine.. 1 lithographed plate.. Rubbed. Rubberstamp to cover. Some chips to cover edges. Good. ¶ ["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). Annually. he returned to his home town in order to treat people in its vicinity who were afflicted with eye diseases. Arlt died in Vienna on 7 March 1887.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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