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    Diagrams of the eye

    Date
    1816
    Creator
    Faustino Anderloni (1766 - 1847, Italian) , Engraver
    After
    Faustino Anderloni (1766 - 1847, Italian)
    Object type
    Library reference
    Books/Scarpa, A_Malattie Degli Occhi Vol2_1816
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 265mm
    width (print): 211mm
    Subject
    Content object
    human body
       > eye
    Description
    Illustration showing 13 different states of the human eye:

    1.Deformation of the lower eyelid due to extensive scarring below it
    2.The deformity of figure 1 corrected, after surgery
    3.Pterygium on the globe of the eye, and diagram showing where incisions are to be made in the surgical removal of this affliction
    4.Dissection of the conjunctiva
    5.A cluster of varicose blood vessels on the cornea
    6.An ulcer on the iris
    7.State of the eye after the healing of a prolapsed iris
    8.Calculous concretion of the interior of the eye
    9.Staphyloma of the sclerotic and choroid located in the back of the eye
    10.A similar example to 9
    11.An artificial pupil
    12.Double incision of the iris for the formation of an artificial pupil

    Plate 2 from Malattie Degli Occhie (Vol. 2) by Antonio Scarpa (Pavia, Pietro Bizzoni, 1816). Inscribed: ‘Tav. II. F. Anderloni delin et sculp.’
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