{"id":2047,"date":"2013-06-28T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2013-10-22T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T14:58:16","slug":"im-keeping-an-eye-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2013\/06\/28\/im-keeping-an-eye-on-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m keeping an eye on you&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"urn:bibnum:002087322\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2056 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000009-595x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/abbr><\/p>\n<p><em>Les borgnes de la guerre : proth\u00e8se chirurgicale &amp; plastique (Valois et Rouveix)<\/em> is a valuable contribution to military ophthalmology particularly regarding the physical reconstruction of visual organs that were damaged in wars.\u00a0 Written by Gaston Valois, who was a French physician this volume was published in Paris in 1918.\u00a0 The volume has many descriptions and illustrations of the various methods used when treating patients for injuries to the tissues of the face, eyelids, and orbital walls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2048\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000001-586x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>World War I greatly increased the demand for better medical care regarding eye injuries particularly for military personnel.\u00a0 For several countries this resulted in better coordination regarding surgical materials for those eye injuries.\u00a0 In particular the medicomilitary authorities in France of the Thirteenth Region created a space to study orbital injuries as well as to manufacture eye prosthetics for cosmetic improvement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2053 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000006-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2054 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000007-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000007-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000007-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Valois also discusses the steps regarding ocular operations that were in vogue at the time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2050\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000003-602x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000003-602x1024.jpg 602w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000003-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2013\/04\/eyes_000003.jpg 1412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about these medical procedures as well as ocular prosthesis check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countway.harvard.edu\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Countway Library<\/a> at the Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<p>Les borgnes de la guerre : proth\u00e8se chirurgicale &amp; plastique (Valois et Rouveix) \/ par le Dr. G. Valois, membre de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d&#8217;Ophtalmogie de Paris ; planches hors texte dessin\u00e9es par G. Reynard de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Artistes Fran\u00e7ais. Paris : Masson et Cie., 1918.<a href=\"http:\/\/hollis.harvard.edu\/?itemid=|library\/m\/aleph|013675911\" target=\"_blank\"> RE80 .V19 1918<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager and Joan Thomas, Rare Book Cataloger for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection. 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