Alexios Trantas (March 1867 – 1960) was a Greek

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born in Vourbiani,

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. In 1891 he obtained his doctorate in

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, continuing his education in

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under Photinos Panas (1832–1903),

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(1832–1906) and Xavier Galezowski (1832–1907). In 1894 he founded an ophthalmology clinic at the "Greek hospital" in

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, serving as director of this institute until 1922. From 1924 he worked as an ophthalmologist in

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. In 1898 he was the first physician to study the iridocorneal angle in a living human. With Swiss ophthalmologist

Johann Friedrich Horner Johann Friedrich Horner (27 March 1831 – 20 December 1886) was an ophthalmologist based at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Biography Horner was born in Zurich. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Zurich in 185 ...

(1831–1886), "Horner-Trantas spots" are named, which are defined as small white-yellow chalky concretions of the

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around the

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Horner-Trantas spots

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