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Opthalmodouleia, das ist Augendienst. Newer and wolgegrundter Bericht von Ursachen und Erkentnus aller Gebrechen, Schaden und Mangel der Augen und des Gesichtes. Dresden, M. Stockel, 1583.
Although Bartisch gave his text on eye care a Greek title, he published the balance in German, thereby providing one of the earliest surgical works printed in the vernacular. Bartisch limited his practice to eye surgery and hernia repair, and Ophthalmoduleia is the first extensively illustrated account of any surgical specialty. Bartisch, who served as court oculist to Duke August I of Saxony, was known for his skilful operations on cataracts using a clean needle to depress the lens through the sclera. He was the first eye-doctor to recommend removal of the eye in cases of cancer.
The striking woodcut illustrations, made after Bartisch's own drawings from life, provide a comprehensive pictorial record of Renaissance eye surgery.
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