Cataract in a Dog - Successful Operations under the Influence of Ether (pp.445-446).

Williams, Herny W.

Publication Date: 1852

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Boston Med. Surg. J., 47/21. - Boston, David Clapp, Wednesday, December 22, 1852, 8°, pp.435-455, Broschur. First Print of the first report about a cataract operation under the influence of ether by Henry l Williams (1821-1895)! "Williams was one of the first who used ether anesthesia routinely for cataract operations". "If not the first" adds Green. If he applies these to a routine extraction, he might be right. Jüngken published in 1850 the first monograph about chloroform in eye operations. He claimed that the majority of cataract operations could be done without anesthesia. earlier monographs about ether anaesthesia in eye operations were published in 1847 by Cunier, Sichel, Mackenzie; in 1849 by Smith and about chloroformization by Sedilot in 1848." -cf. Hirschberg/Blodi 9/p.96 Elkanah Williams (1822-1888) is given credit for being the first American to hold the title of professor of ophthalmology, receiving such an appointment from the Miami Medical College, Miami, Ohio, in 1860. But, it was Henry W. Williams who taught the first organized clinical course in ophthalmology, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, in 1850. The Williamses were not related, and Henry went on to become the foremost American ophthalmologist of his day and, in 1871, the first professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. Seller Inventory # 29995

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Title: Cataract in a Dog - Successful Operations ...

Publication Date: 1852

Binding: Soft cover

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