An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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DUDDELL, Benedict

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  • 1482

A treatise of the diseases of the horny coat of the eye, and the various kinds of cataracts.

London: J. Clark, 1729.

“Descemet’s membrane” was first described by Duddell. Descemet described it in 1758; see No. 1484.1.



Subjects: OPHTHALMOLOGY › Anatomy of the Eye & Orbit, OPHTHALMOLOGY › Ocular Surgery & Procedures › Cataract