American Insight Into Strabismus Surgery Before 1838
English surgeon John Taylor attempted to perform strabismus surgery in the 18th century. The field languished until, in Germany, treatment of strabismus by cutting an extraocular muscle was proposed by Louis Stromeyer in 1838 and performed by Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach in 1839. According to tradit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1179172117729367 |