When an expert hears the name Credé, he thinks of “Credé prophylaxis,” the procedure where newborn babies are treated with silver nitrate solution to avoid a gonococcal ophthalmitis. This ocular disease often led to blindness. And we owe him thanks for yet another breakthrough in gynecology, the “Credé procedure.”

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Credé. Credé, a Baby, and the Silver Nitrate

  • Sibylle Scholtz,
  • Myriam Becker,
  • Lee MacMorris,
  • Achim Langenbucher

摘要

When an expert hears the name Credé, he thinks of “Credé prophylaxis,” the procedure where newborn babies are treated with silver nitrate solution to avoid a gonococcal ophthalmitis. This ocular disease often led to blindness. And we owe him thanks for yet another breakthrough in gynecology, the “Credé procedure.”