Zürich
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– 3 March 1968, in
Geneva
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) was a Swiss
ophthalmologist
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.
He studied medicine at the
University of Zürich
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, where he also spent several years as an assistant in its ophthalmological clinic. At Zurich, his influences were
Otto Haab
Otto Haab (19 April 1850 – 17 October 1931) was a Swiss Ophthalmology, ophthalmologist who was a native of Wülflingen, which today is a district in the city of Winterthur.
In 1875, he obtained his doctorate from the University of Zurich, wher ...
and
Alfred Vogt
Alfred Vogt (31 October 1879 – 10 December 1943) was a Swiss ophthalmologist, known for his development of techniques for retinoscopy and the surgical management of retinal detachment.
Alfred Vogt received his doctorate from the University o ...
. Later on, he relocated to the
University of Basel
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as an assistant under
Arthur Brückner Arthur Brückner (24 August 1877, in Dorpat – 29 March 1975, in Basel) was a German-Swiss ophthalmologist, known for his research in sensory physiology and his studies involving the cell biology, cytology of the eye.habilitation
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at Basel, and from 1933 to 1966 was a professor and director of the university eye clinic in
Geneva
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Who Named It
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In 1948 he established a department of
human genetics
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, with ophthalmologist David Klein serving as its head.
He was the author of around 500 scientific articles, many of them involving human genetics and inheritable diseases of the eye. His name is associated with several medical syndromes; notably,
Naegeli–Franceschetti–Jadassohn syndrome
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* ''Beitrag zur Kenntnis der evulsio nervi optici'', 1923 – On
optic nerve
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avulsion.
* ''Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde'' (with
Arthur Brückner Arthur Brückner (24 August 1877, in Dorpat – 29 March 1975, in Basel) was a German-Swiss ophthalmologist, known for his research in sensory physiology and his studies involving the cell biology, cytology of the eye.Marc Amsler, Jean Babel; 3rd edition 1961) – Textbook of ophthalmology.
* ''Genetics and ophthalmology'' (with Petrus Johannes Waardenburg, David Klein; 2 volumes 1961–63).
* ''Chorioretinal heredodegenerations'', 1974; in English, a translated update of ''Les hérédo-dégénérescences chorirétiniennes''.Most widely held works by Adolphe Franceschetti WorldCat Identities