Louis de Wecker
The Franco-German ophthalmologist Louis de Wecker (born September 29, 1832 in Frankfurt am Main , † January 24, 1906 in Paris ) was born as Ludwig Wecker.
Life
He studied medicine at the universities of Würzburg , Berlin , Vienna and Paris and received doctorates in Würzburg (1855) and Paris (1861). His ophthalmological teachers were Albrecht von Graefe in Berlin, Ferdinand von Arlt and Friedrich Jaeger von Jaxtthal and his son Eduard in Vienna, and in Paris Julius Sichel and Louis-Auguste Desmarres. From 1862 he ran a well-frequented eye clinic in Paris.
De Wecker designed and modified a number of instruments for eye surgery . His name is associated with the alarm clock scissors , small, pointed, self-opening scissors .
Web links
Commons : Louis de Wecker - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Konstantinos Laios, Marilita M. Moschos, George Androutsos: Louis de Wecker (1832-1906) and His Innovations in Ocular Surgery . In: Surgical Innovation . tape 23 , no. 6 , December 2016, ISSN 1553-3514 , p. 640-641 , doi : 10.1177 / 1553350616646482 , PMID 27122482 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alarm clock, Louis de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alarm clock, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-French ophthalmologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1906 |
| Place of death | Paris |