Vilmos Schulek

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Vilmos Schulek

Vilmos Schulek ( Wilhelm Schulek ; born April 21, 1843 in Pest , Hungary, † March 13, 1905 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian doctor and university professor.

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Vilmos Schulek was the son of the businessman and politician Agoston Schulek. His older brother was the architect Frigyes Schulek . The Protestant Schulek studied medicine at the University of Vienna from 1860 . In the years 1863 and 1864 he must have studied in Pest in between. But he did his doctorate in Vienna in 1866 as Dr. med. He then went on study trips to Berlin , Utrecht , Paris and London . He also studied at Swiss and other German-speaking universities. In Vienna he worked from 1867 to 1872 as assistant to Ferdinand von Arlt and in 1872 he became a full professor of ophthalmology in Klausenburg .

In 1874 he moved to the University of Budapest , where he also served as rector in 1890 and 1891 and retired in 1904. Under him, medical studies were expanded so that ophthalmology became compulsory for all medical professionals.

Schulek devoted himself primarily to surgical ophthalmology, a field in which he also developed several new surgical methods, such as those for double pupils or for the partial removal of pupillary sphincters.

Schulek also designed the eye clinic that opened in Budapest in 1884. Under him, not only the number of students, but also the number of patients grew by leaps and bounds, so that he applied for a second eye clinic as early as 1895, which was not realized until 1908.

As an editor he appeared in both the Hungarian-language specialist magazine Szemeszet and a German-language specialist magazine. In addition to his practical work, he published more than 350 papers that were recognized in the professional world.

The Royal Hungarian Ministerial Council became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1889 and a full member in 1902 . He is considered to be the founder of the Hungarian school of ophthalmology and the Hungarian specialist literature on ophthalmology. He also made a contribution to the regular exchange of knowledge between Hungary and Austria.

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SURNAME Schulek, Vilmos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Pest , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1905
Place of death Budapest