Peter the great and cataract surgery

Tsar Peter Alekseyevich Romanov (1672–1725), often called Peter the Great, modernized Russia in many areas, including in the field of medicine. Peter I attended medical lectures and demonstrations and may have even performed some medical procedures himself. In Paris, he witnessed a cataract couching...

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Published in:Acta ophthalmologica (Oxford, England) England), 2020-03, Vol.98 (2), p.213-214
Main Authors: Grzybowski, Andrzej, Zimin, Igor, Leffler, Christopher T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cataract Extraction - education
Cataract Extraction - history
Cataracts
Education, Medical - history
Famous Persons
History of 18th century
History of medicine
History of Ophthalmology
History of Russian Ophthalmology
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Humans
Male
Ophthalmology - education
Ophthalmology - history
Paris
Peter the Great
Romanov
Russia (Pre-1917)
Surgery
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Summary:Tsar Peter Alekseyevich Romanov (1672–1725), often called Peter the Great, modernized Russia in many areas, including in the field of medicine. Peter I attended medical lectures and demonstrations and may have even performed some medical procedures himself. In Paris, he witnessed a cataract couching performed by Englishman John Thomas Woolhouse (1664–1733/4) and requested that Woolhouse train a Russian student in ophthalmology.
ISSN:1755-375X
1755-3768
DOI:10.1111/aos.14317