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Die Verhütung der Augenentzüngung der Neugeborenen.

Arch. Gynäk., 17, 50-53. 1881.

Credé introduced the practice of instillation of silver nitrate into the eyes of all newborn children as a preventive measure against ophthalmia neonatorum. Separate expanded edition with the same title, Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 1884.

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Entry Number#5924
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Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Berlin