A Headless French-Speaking Handbook Of Eye Surgery Of The 19Th-20Th Century And Its Contribution To French-Speaking And More, Ophthalmologists Of The Same Period
Published 2026 - 44th Congress of the ESCRS
Reference: POCAT266 | Type: Poster | DOI: 10.82333/10w6-ma52
Authors: Dr Georgios N Balanikas* 1 , Dr Dimitrios Pirounidis 2 , Dr Achilleas Rasoglou 3 , A/Prof. Vasileios Karampatakis 4 , A/Prof. Nikolaos Georgiadis 2
1A' Ophthalmologic Clinic,Medical School of Thessaloniki,Thessalniki,Greece, 2A' Ophthalmologic Clinic,Medical School of Thessaloniki,Thessaloniki,Greece, 3Ophthalmologic Clinic,Ophthalmica,Thessaloniki,Greece, 4Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology,Medical School of Thessaloniki,Thessaloniki,Greece
Purpose
The French manual ‘TRAITE THEORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DES MALADIES DES YEUX’ is presented in this work. Due to the loss of the cover and the first page, there is no exact information about the time of publication. Furthermore, its historical value is great. It consists of approximately 440 pages.
Setting
The facts were took place during the 19th century in France and the work was conceived and studied in the A' Ophthalmologic Clinic of AHEPA Hospital
Methods
Each part of the book has beautifully detailed drawings of anatomy, tools, and step by stepsurgical techniques for each chapter of the work.
The book is written in French with rich illustrations that explain the steps of the surgical procedure and the necessary preparation of surgical instruments.
Results
The book begins with a preface enriched with descriptions of tools and devices, patient preparation,and procedures. It includes images of the operating rooms with surgeons at work, tools, anatomy and pathology of the eye. Two large parts follows. The first part describes techniques for opthalmic surgery and the second describes procedures on the accessory organs of the eye. The operations include the cornea and sclera. It includes surgical procedures for sclerotomies,keratoplasty methods traumas and staphyloma.Then there is a discussion for iris and iridectomies.Operations for conjuctiva and hypertonia follows with different techniques, And next cataract surgeries for extraction of the lens and the complications from the surgery.
Conclusions
This work is a complete textbook and compendium of Ophthalmic Surgery that contributed to the scientific training of many ophthalmologists at the turn of the 19th century and the dawn of the 20th. The wealth of this knowledge which provides this book both to younger and also to senior ophthalmologists is inexhaustible and absolutely impressive and we believe that it was an excellent manual of surgical Ophthalmology at the beginning of the severe and useful ophthalmic surgical procedures in 19th century.