Alfred Vogt (doctor)

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Alfred Vogt

Alfred Vogt (born October 31, 1879 in Menziken , † December 10, 1943 in Zurich ) was a Swiss ophthalmologist .

Along with Hans Goldmann and Franz Fankhauser (1924–2020), Vogt was one of the formative Swiss-German ophthalmologists of the 20th century. His power of observation, his memory, his workload, but also his aggressive nature shaped Vogt's image. His last three-volume work, Atlas of Slit Lamp Microscopy of the Living Eye, is still considered the standard work of slit lamp microscopy at the beginning of the 21st century .

Life

His father was a primary school teacher in Menziken in the canton of Aargau . Alfred Vogt attended the grammar school of the old canton school in Aarau . From 1899 he studied briefly at the University of Zurich , and until 1904 at the University of Basel Medicine, where he in 1905 with the work The detrimental influence of artificial aniline colors on the eye doctorate . As an assistant doctor he worked with Carl Mellinger in Basel and with Carlo Reymond (1833–1911) in Turin , before setting up a private practice in Aarau in 1906 . In 1909 he became the chief physician of the eye clinic in Aarau Cantonal Hospital . Vogt's application for a habilitation at the University of Zurich in 1916 was rejected by Otto Haab . In 1917 Vogt became an associate professor at the University Eye Clinic in Basel . In 1923 he was appointed full professor and director of the University Eye Clinic in Zurich . Vogt turned down a call to the University of Munich (1924). From 1937 Vogt was Deputy Chairman of the Julius Klaus Foundation for Heredity Research, Social Anthropology and Racial Hygiene , founded in 1922 , of which he was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1925 to 1943. He was also involved in the journal for human inheritance and constitutional theory published by Günther Just and Karl Heinrich Bauer from 1935 onwards . Alfred Voigt died in 1943 shortly after his retirement .

He found his final resting place in the Rehalp cemetery .

Act

Vogt developed techniques for retinoscopy and for the surgical treatment of retinal detachment . From 1913 he systematically used the newly developed slit lamp in conjunction with a corneal microscope to examine the anterior segments of the eye, which resulted in his last three-volume standard work on ophthalmology with over 2,000 images. Vogt achieved decisive technical improvements to the device. He introduced cyclodiathermy to treat glaucoma . In 1908 he was one of the founding members of the Swiss Ophthalmological Society (SOG).

Vogt was considered a strict chief physician who did not tolerate any contradiction. The University Eye Clinic in Zurich has developed into a highly efficient facility through strictness towards employees and its own diligence. He and Hans Goldmann from Bern had a long-standing personal and scientific feud, including the question of whether the formation of cataracts in glassblowers was caused by heat or infrared radiation . Vogt's lack of ability to recognize the achievements of others meant that hardly any of his students went their own academic path or reached their own professorship. According to Balder Gloor, Vogt did not adequately appreciate the work of the draftsmen of the illustrations of the slit lamp findings for his atlas, Iseli and Rudolf Bregenzer. His tendency to underestimate the value of academic achievements that were performed elsewhere led to Vogt's misjudgments on several occasions.

In memory of his son Alfred Vogt junior, who died in an avalanche accident in 1929, Vogt founded the Alfred Vogt Foundation in 1938 to promote ophthalmology at the eye clinic of the University Hospital Zurich. This still awards printing grants and grants as well as the Alfred Vogt Prize "for the best scientific work in the field of ophthalmology".

Vogt's patients included Axel Munthe and James Joyce .

The following eponyms are named after Vogt : Vogt syndrome I (Vogt's cataract ), Vogt syndrome II , Vogt syndrome III (Vogt's cornea), Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome , Vogt's cephalosyndactyly ( Apert's syndrome ).

Awards (selection)

Fonts (selection)

  • Damage to the eye caused by aniline dye.
  • Atlas of Slit Lamp Microscopy of the Living Eye. Berlin, J. Springer, 1921.
    • 2nd edition in two volumes. Springer, 1930-1931
    • 3rd volume. F. Enke, 1942.
      • English translation of the 3rd volume. Zurich, 1947.
    • Reprint of the 2nd edition, Bonn, JP Wayenborgh, 1977.
      • English translation by FC Blodi, 3 volumes, Bonn, JP Wayenborgh, 1978–1981
      • French translation, Italian translation.
  • To heal the retinal detachment by means of ignipuncture of the tear. Swiss Medical Weekly , Basel, 1933, 63: 825–827.

literature

  • Hans Wagner: Alfred Vogt: 1897–1943. In: Argovia: Annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau. 1953, Volume 65, pp. 402–406 doi: 10.5169 / seals-62542 (PDF, 3.2 MB)
  • Balder P. Gloor: Alfred Vogt (1879-1943). In: Swiss Ophthalmological Society (Hrsg.): 100 years of SOG and the development of Swiss ophthalmology / Le Centenaire de la SSO et le développement de l'ophtalmologie. Target Media, 2007, pp. 91-101. ISBN 978-3-033-01300-1
  • Adolf E. Leuenberger: Alfred Vogts Aarauer time. In: Swiss Ophthalmological Society (Hrsg.): 100 years of SOG and the development of Swiss ophthalmology / Le Centenaire de la SSO et le développement de l'ophtalmologie. Target Media, 2007, pp. 101-104. ISBN 978-3-033-01300-1
  • Balder P. Gloor: Alfred Vogt (1879-1943). In: Survey of Ophthalmology. November 2008, Volume 53, Issue 6, pp. 655-663 doi: 10.1016 / j.survophthal.2008.08.014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Balder P. Gloor: Alfred Vogt (1879–1943). In: Survey of Ophthalmology, November 2008, Volume 53, Issue 6, pp. 655-663 doi: 10.1016 / j.survophthal.2008.08.014
  2. ↑ Pascal German: Laboratories of Inheritance. Race research and human genetics in Switzerland, 1900–1970. Wallstein, p. 47.
  3. ↑ Balder P. Gloor: Alfred Vogt (1879–1943). In: Swiss Ophthalmological Society (Hrsg.): 100 years of SOG and the development of Swiss ophthalmology / Le Centenaire de la SSO et le développement de l'ophtalmologie. Target Media, 2007. ISBN 978-3-033-01300-1 , p. 93
  4. ^ Alfred Vogt Foundation for the Promotion of Ophthalmology in the Directory of Individual Funding of the University of Zurich (uzh.ch); Retrieved October 6, 2012
  5. ↑ M. Jähne, H. Bynke: To the blindness of Dr. Axel Munthe (1857–1949) - doctor on Capri. 97th annual meeting of the DOG 1999 ; Retrieved October 6, 2012
  6. ^ Andreas Weigel : James Joyce in Austria - Bloomsday exhibition in the "VHS Hietzing" 2011. ( Memento from December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 797 kB); Retrieved October 6, 2012
  7. ^ Alfred Vogt's membership entry at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on October 6, 2012.
  8. ^ Winner of the Cothenius Medal from 1864 to 1953 at the Leopoldina (leopoldina.org); Retrieved October 6, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Menziken
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1943
Place of death Zurich