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INTRODUCTION: The aim of the present study is to present an historical overview of the innovations in ocular surgery introduced by the very important surgeon, but mainly unknown, Philip Henry Mules (1843-1905). METHODS: Philip Henry Mules introduced the Mules' evisceration operation and the Mules' ptosis operation. He also invented surgical instruments such as Mules' scoop, Mules' repository, and Mules' enucleation scissors. He was interested also in ocular infection. RESULTS: Many of the innovations in ocular surgery introduced by Philip Henry Mules are still in use. CONCLUSIONS: Philip Henry Mules (1843-1905) was a respectable English ophthalmologist, who despite his short life, only 62-years-old, his innovations in ocular surgery were considered a breakthrough in the late nineteenth century, because in almost every textbook of ophthalmology they were cited and deserved a great merit.
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Blefaroptose/história , Evisceração do Olho/história , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Oftalmológicos/história , Oftalmologia/história , Instrumentos Cirúrgicos/história , Blefaroptose/cirurgia , Inglaterra , História do Século XIX , História do Século XXAssuntos
Blefaroptose/história , Educação Médica/história , Cardiopatias Congênitas/história , Anormalidades Maxilomandibulares/história , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/história , Oftalmologia/história , Ensino/história , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , Humanos , Reflexo Anormal , EscóciaRESUMO
During the past two centuries, several methods of ptosis repair have been described and refined, but each method has typically been subject to cycles of popularity, neglect and reincarnation. Repair of ptosis through partial resection of the tarsus is one such example. Although Sir William Bowman included tarsectomy with his historic levator resections, the French ophthalmologist, A.P.L. Gillet de Grandmont was the first to specifically emphasize resection of tarsus for the correction of ptosis. Yet contemporary advocates of tarsectomy for ptosis repair have generally failed to recognize Gillet de Grandmont's contribution and his role in the history of ptosis surgery. For this reason, a review of this subject is presented.