Robert Marcus Gunn
Robert Marcus Gunn (* 1850 in Dunnet , Sutherland , † 1909 in Hindhead near Haslemere ) was a Scottish ophthalmologist . Several eponyms ( Marcus Gunn syndrome , Gunn points , Gunn phenomenon , Marcus Gunn pupil signs , Gunn signs ) go back to him.
Life
Gunn was a farmer's son from the far northwest of Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of St Andrews and until 1873 at the University of Edinburgh . As a student he was particularly influenced by James Syme , Joseph Lister and Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson . He first worked as a doctor in London's Moorfields Eye Hospital and worked with Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer at University College London on comparative anatomy. Then Gunn got a job at the Perth District Asylum. In 1874 he spent six months in Vienna with Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal , Ferdinand von Arlt and Carl Stellwag von Carion . In 1876 he returned to Moorfields Eye Hospital. There he introduced Lister's sterility principles , which gave him better results in star operations.
In 1879 Gunn went to Australia to collect eyes from various native species, particularly marsupials . After his return he examined the zoological material that had been collected during Charles Darwin's Challenger expedition .
In 1882 Gunn became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh , the following year assistant surgeon and in 1888 chief surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Web links
- Robert Marcus Gunn at whonamed-it
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gunn, Robert Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish ophthalmologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunnet , Sutherland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1909 |
| Place of death | Hindhead near Haslemere |