Adolphe Franceschetti (11 October 1896, in

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– 3 March 1968, in

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) was a Swiss

ophthalmologist Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...

. He studied medicine at the

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, where he also spent several years as an assistant in its ophthalmological clinic. At Zurich, his influences were Otto Haab and

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. Later on, he relocated to the

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as an assistant under Arthur Brückner at the eye clinic. In 1931 he obtained his

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at Basel, and from 1933 to 1966 was a professor and director of the university eye clinic in

.Adolphe Franceschetti
at

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In 1948 he established a department of

human genetics Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population gen ...

, 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,

Franceschetti–Zwahlen–Klein syndrome Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a genetic disorder characterized by deformities of the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin. The degree to which a person is affected, however, may vary from mild to severe. Complications may include breathing prob ...

and

Franceschetti–Klein–Wildervanck syndrome Wildervanck syndrome or cervico-oculo-acoustic syndrome comprises a triad of: * Duane syndrome * Klippel-Feil anomaly (fused cervical vertebrae) * congenital hearing loss Wildervanck syndrome is a developmental disorder that may be characterized ...

. He is also credited with introducing improved techniques to keratoplastic surgery.

Selected works

* ''Beitrag zur Kenntnis der evulsio nervi optici'', 1923 – On

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avulsion. * ''Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde'' (with Arthur Brückner, 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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Franceschetti, Adolphe 1896 births 1968 deaths University of Zurich alumni Academic staff of the University of Geneva Swiss ophthalmologists