George Coats (medic)

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George Coats (* 1876 in Paisley , † October 1915 in London ) was a Scottish ophthalmologist. He was the first person to describe Coats' disease .

Coats studied medicine in Glasgow from 1892 to 1897 and received his doctorate there in 1901. He continued his studies in ophthalmology in Vienna , Munich , Freiburg and Zurich . In 1903 he received the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and was allowed to practice in England from then on . Despite numerous calls to teaching hospitals, he was an assistant surgeon at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and an assistant eye surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital there until the time of his death.

Clinical picture of Coats disease .

In 1908 he was the first to describe Coats' disease (in the London Ophthalmic Hospital Report).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ whonamedit.com: George Coats , online here ; last viewed on May 28, 2011
  2. ^ G. Coats: Forms of retinal disease with massive exudation. In: Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital Reports , 1908, 17, 3: 440-525. - Quoted from: www.whonamedit.com: Coats' disease , here online ; last viewed on May 28, 2011
  3. ↑ http://www.credoreference.com : Coats's disease ; last viewed on May 28, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Coats, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Paisley
DATE OF DEATH October 1915
Place of death London