Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick (born February 22, 1852 in Marburg , Hesse ; † February 11, 1937 in Herrsching am Ammersee ) was a German ophthalmologist who worked as a doctor and lecturer in Zurich .
Life
Adolf Eugen was the nephew of the physiologist Adolf Fick (1829–1901), into whose family he was accepted after the early death of his father, the anatomist Ludwig Fick (1813–1858). He was married to a daughter of the chemist Johannes Wislicenus and had seven children, including the well-known architect Roderich Fick (1886–1955).
Fick completed his medical studies in Würzburg , Zurich, Marburg and Freiburg in 1876 with a doctorate. Then he worked (with interruptions) in Richmond / South Africa as a general practitioner and ophthalmologist. In 1886 the state examination followed at the University of Zurich and in 1887 the habilitation in ophthalmology "About microorganisms in the conjunctival sac". During the First World War , Fick headed German field hospitals in France , Russia and Turkey . Fick worked on ophthalmic anatomy, surgery, and physiological and practical optics. He wrote a textbook on ophthalmology.
Contact lens
In 1887 he designed the first successful model of a contact lens in Zurich. It was made of heavy brown glass and had a diameter of 18 mm to 21 mm. The lens rested on the tissue next to the cornea, and the space between the cornea and the glass was filled with a sugar solution. He tested them first on a rabbit, then on himself, and finally on a small group of volunteers. Fuck's lens was large, unwieldy, and could only be worn a few hours a day. He published his work under the title "Contactbrille" in the journal "Archiv für Augenheilkunde" in March 1888. His idea was further developed independently by others in the following years.
literature
- Eberhard Kleberger: Fuck, Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 128 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Jack Schaeffer and Jan Beiting, The Early History of Contact Lenses (PDF; 1.54 MB)
- Overview of the courses taught by Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick at the University of Zurich (summer semester 1888 to summer semester 1900)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fuck, Adolf Gaston Eugen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fuck, Adolf Eugen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ophthalmologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg , Hesse |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1937 |
| Place of death | Herrsching am Ammersee |