Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 733

CHARLES DE SAINT-YVES (1667-1733) Réponse de M. de S. Yves à une lettre critique de son Traité des maladies des yeux, inserée dans le supplément du Mercure du mois de May 1722, sous le nom de M. Mauchard, & pour servir d'addition à son Traité des maladies des yeux. De l'Imprimerie de P. A. Le Mercier 1726] 22 [2] pp. 16.5 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 732

New theories always have their critics and disclaimers and such was the case soon after Saint-Yves' Traité des maladies des yeux (see No. 732) was published. In the May, 1722 issue of the Mercure de France, there appeared a letter signed by a M. Mauchart which strongly criticized Saint-Yves for his opinion that the cataract was within the lens of the eye. In this short work, his only printed response to Mauchart, Saint-Yves objectively refutes Mauchart's accusations and adds some supplementary material to his Traité des maladies des yeux. Burchard David Mauchart (1696-1751) had studied in Paris for two years just prior to the publication of Saint-Yves book and had also received instruction from the eminent English ophthalmologist, Thomas Woolhouse (1650?-1734), in surgery of the eye. He returned to Tübingen in 1722 and in 1726 was appointed to its chair of anatomy and surgery.

Cited references: Waller 8407