Galo Leoz

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Galo Leoz Ortín (born April 22, 1879 in Alcañiz , † January 23, 1990 in Madrid ) was a Spanish ophthalmologist and supercentenarian .

Life

Galo Leoz, born in Alcañiz in Aragon , studied medicine at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid , after which he was a student and collaborator of Santiago Ramón y Cajal . Leoz - he was active until he was 103 years old and treated more than 50,000 patients in total - was professor of ophthalmology at the Medical Faculty of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Galo Leoz held the presidency of the Sociedad Española de Oftalmología, the honorary presidency of the International Neuropsychological Society, based in Washington, DC , and honorary memberships of the British, Italian and German Ophthalmological Societies . In 1972 he was honored with the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en el Trabajo for his life's work.

Galo Leoz - author of numerous scientific papers - was one of the pioneers in research into the degeneration and regeneration of the optic nerves .

Fonts

  • Tratamiento general de la sífilis ocular: Estudio de las inyecciones mercuriales. Tésis de Doctorado, Jaime Ratés, 1907
  • Procesos regenerativos del nervio óptico y retina con ocasión de ingertos nerviosos, Hijos de Nicolás Moya, 1914
  • Queratitis agudas mas frecuentes y queratitis parasitarias, 1920
  • Fenomenología carencial ocular, 1942
  • Degeneración pigmentaria de la retina, 1945

literature

  • Antonio Bergua Aznar: Galo Leoz Ortín: ciencia y rebeldía, Centro de Estudios Bajoaragoneses, 1988 ISBN 8487166008
  • Antonio Bergua Aznar: Galo Leoz, In: Volume 5 of Colección "Los Aragoneses", Diputación General de Aragón, Departamento de Cultura y Educación, 1990 ISBN 8477531366

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado: 1 de mayo de 1972, Núm. 104 (PDF; 74 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Leoz, Galo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leoz Ortín, Galo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Alcañiz
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1990
Place of death Madrid