Charles Joseph Frédéric Carron du Villards (1801–1860) was a French

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whose 1838 book ''Guide pratique pour l'étude et le traitement des maladies des yeux'' was an important early text in the field. Although

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is frequently credited with inventing

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for use in

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, Carron du Villards has sometimes been credited with the invention.Richard Wagner, Henry Brysk, Stephen Tyring (1997). Revisiting the Michel/Green controversy of 1879: was Carron du Villards the first to use probe/needle electrolysis for permanent hair destruction? International Journal of Dermatology 36 (12), 947–951.

Bibliography

*Carron du Villards CGF. ''Guide pratique pour l'étude et le traitement des maladies des yeux'' Cosson for Société Encyclographique des Sciences Médicales, 1838

References

1801 births 1860 deaths French ophthalmologists {{France-med-bio-stub