Prof. Marc Amsler and the Cantonal Hospital Eye Clinic, Zurich

Prof. Marc Amsler was an outstanding teacher of ophthalmology and a highly creative clinician, investigator and designer of instruments and surgical procedures. Well known for his design of the Amsler grid, he also conducted investigations into anterior chamber puncture and the aqueous humor in uvei...

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Published in:Survey of ophthalmology 1996-03, Vol.40 (5), p.400-404
Main Author: Sampaolesi, Roberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amsler
Biological and medical sciences
exfoliation syndrome
Eye Diseases - diagnosis
Eye Diseases - history
History of medicine
History, 20th Century
Hospitals, Special - history
Humans
Lens diseases
Marc
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology - history
Ophthalmology - instrumentation
Switzerland
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Summary:Prof. Marc Amsler was an outstanding teacher of ophthalmology and a highly creative clinician, investigator and designer of instruments and surgical procedures. Well known for his design of the Amsler grid, he also conducted investigations into anterior chamber puncture and the aqueous humor in uveitis. In this biographical sketch the author recalls his experience working with Prof. Amsler in Zurich in 1955, during which time the author made important discoveries regarding the increased permeability of the blood-aqueous barrier in exfoliation syndrome.
ISSN:0039-6257
1879-3304
DOI:10.1016/S0039-6257(96)80069-5