Operatie aan de opperste oogflap before 1873

A. de Montméja's "Operatie aan de opperste oogflap" is a black and white photograph, likely taken before 1873. It captures a surgical scene, showing the close-up detail of a patient's eye being operated on. This photo is a testament to the emerging use of photography in medical documentation and could have been part of a larger series intended for educational purposes. The intimate and slightly unsettling detail of the image is a characteristic of medical photography of the time.