1362 - Ritterich, F.P.

Ritterich, F.P. A Treatise on Surgical Procedures Involving Bleeding of the Eyes in Humans. Illustrated with explanatory text. Intended for use by students and practicing physicians. Leipzig and Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, 1858. vi, 68 p. And 22 lithographic plates by C. Schmiedel. Small folio. First edition. Some foxing and browning. 19th-century halfcloth. A good, very good copy. - Hirschberg III, ? 525, p. 325, No. 8, Albert 1926. Ritterich’s most comprehensive publication is *The Theory of Surgical Procedures on the Eye Involving Bleeding*. The execution of the illustrations, drawn on stone by C. Schmiedel, is exemplary, even by today’s standards. The instruments in use at the time are demonstrated, including the Kelly-Snowden eyelid retractor. The depiction of eyelid surgeries is particularly instructive’ (p. 328). - ‘This textbook on eye surgery is Ritterich’s most extensive publication. The drawings by C. Schmiedel depict ophthalmological instruments, various stages of eye surgeries, and illustrations of eye diseases’ (A./N.). — Friedrich Philipp Ritterich (1782–1866) was appointed professor of ophthalmology in Leipzig in 1828. “A perceptive, scientifically educated physician and a surgeon as skilled as he was fortunate” (Hirsch/H. IV, 828). — 81.