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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Veröffentlicht in:	Survey of ophthalmology 1996-03, Vol.40 (5), p.400-404
1. Verfasser:	Sampaolesi, Roberto
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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