Marc Amsler

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Marc Amsler (born February 5, 1891 in Vevey , Switzerland ; † May 3, 1968 in Sierre , Switzerland) was a Swiss ophthalmologist and director of the Zurich Eye Clinic at the University of Zurich .

He took over this position in 1944 from his predecessor Alfred Vogt . Before that he had been chief ophthalmologist in Lausanne from 1935 , where he had taken over this position from Jules Gonin . Although he was best known for his Amsler grid eye test using the Amsler network, he has also made advances in knowledge of uveitis . The Amsler grid eye test was the further development of an eye test by Edmund Landolt . This is used to check the location of the highest visual acuity (yellow spot or macula ) in the retina , whereby macular degeneration becomes recognizable. Amsler has also published on keratoconus . In 1951, Amsler carried out the first corneal transplant at the Zurich Eye Clinic. He worked at this position until 1961, after which it was taken over by Rudolf Witmer (1919–1992).

Works

  • Le keratocone fruste au Javal. In: Ophthalmologica. Basel, 96, 1938, pp. 77-83.
  • with Florian Verrey : Heterochromie de Fuchs et fragilite vasculaire. In: Ophthalmologica. Basel, 111, 1946, p. 177.
  • with A. Brückner, Adolphe Franceschetti, Hans Goldmann and Enrico Bernardo Streiff (ed.): Textbook of Ophthalmology. Karger, Basel 1948.
  • Quantitative and qualitative vision. In: Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom. London, 69, 1949, pp. 397-410.
  • with Florian Verrey : Mydriase et myose directes et instantanées par les médiateurs chimiques. In: Annales d'oculistique. Paris, December 182 (12), 1949, p. 936.
  • Earliest symptoms of diseases of the macula. In: The British Journal of Ophthalmology. London, 37, 1953, pp. 521-537.
  • with Florian Verrey and Alfred Huber: L'Humeur Aqueuse et ses Fonctions. Masson, Paris 1955.

Namesake for

  • Amsler grid , s. O.
  • Amsler's signs: Hemorrhage from the chamber angle with the slightest trauma in Fuchs uveitis syndrome (Fuchs heterochromia cyclitis)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ D. Landau, F. Bigar, K. Landau: The history of the Zurich eye clinic from 1907 to 2007. (PDF)
  2. ^ Contributors to Who named it? (Whonamedit.com)
  3. ↑ M. Amsler: The investigation of qualitative vision with the square network. Instructions for using the test boards. (= Amsler Charts Manual). Theodore Hamblin, London 1958.
  4. ↑ Web portal of the eye clinic of the University Hospital Zurich
  5. ↑ L. Daas, B. Seitz , U. Pleyer: Fuchs-UveitisFuchs uveitis . In: The ophthalmologist . tape 114 , no. 5 , May 1, 2017, ISSN  0941-293X , p. 481–492 , doi : 10.1007 / s00347-017-0494-y ( springer.com [accessed November 25, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Amsler, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Vevey , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1968
Place of death Sierre , Switzerland