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PELLIER DE QUENGSY, Guillaume (1750-1835). "Avis au peuple sur la conservation de la vue". Manuscript on paper. N.p., n.d. [circa 1790].
242 numbered pages, 4o. An apparently unpublished manuscript by Pellier de Quengsy. Little is known about the life of this medical doctor who specialized in cataract surgery. The present manuscript is divided into two parts. The first (pp. 1-96) deals with the care of the eyes and the influence of age on sight. One lengthy article concerns the fabrication of corrective lenses for near- and farsightendness and for patients who have undergone cataract surgery. Inserted between pp. 38-39 is a report of observations on the use of tobacco, particularly amongst the youth since the Revolution. Pellier considers the habit harmful to health and suspects that it is addictive. As an example he cites a captain who, deprived of real tobacco during the Seven Years War with Sweden, resorted to smoking hay because he had to see the smoke and feel it in his lungs. The second part (pp. 97-242) is devoted to diseases of the eyelid and the lachrymal canal. Loosely inserted is a printed sheet (4o, 4 pages) announcing Pellier's visit to the Lisre (near Grenoble). The pamphlet describes Pellier as an expert at operating on cataracts and lachrymal fistules as well as the possessor of a pharmaceutical product that, when administered with opium, heals all types of inflammations of the eye. The last leaf contains an exhaustive list of persons cured by Pellier's surgery.
242 numbered pages, 4o. An apparently unpublished manuscript by Pellier de Quengsy. Little is known about the life of this medical doctor who specialized in cataract surgery. The present manuscript is divided into two parts. The first (pp. 1-96) deals with the care of the eyes and the influence of age on sight. One lengthy article concerns the fabrication of corrective lenses for near- and farsightendness and for patients who have undergone cataract surgery. Inserted between pp. 38-39 is a report of observations on the use of tobacco, particularly amongst the youth since the Revolution. Pellier considers the habit harmful to health and suspects that it is addictive. As an example he cites a captain who, deprived of real tobacco during the Seven Years War with Sweden, resorted to smoking hay because he had to see the smoke and feel it in his lungs. The second part (pp. 97-242) is devoted to diseases of the eyelid and the lachrymal canal. Loosely inserted is a printed sheet (4o, 4 pages) announcing Pellier's visit to the Lisre (near Grenoble). The pamphlet describes Pellier as an expert at operating on cataracts and lachrymal fistules as well as the possessor of a pharmaceutical product that, when administered with opium, heals all types of inflammations of the eye. The last leaf contains an exhaustive list of persons cured by Pellier's surgery.
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This manuscript contains a description of the first surgical graft of the cornea.
The manuscript is bound in modern linen-backed boards; the edges have been left untrimmed.
The manuscript is bound in modern linen-backed boards; the edges have been left untrimmed.