Florian Verrey (7 October 1911, in

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– 14 September 1976) was a Swiss

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

. He studied medicine at the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...

, and from 1939 served as an assistant under Marc Amsler at the university eye clinic. In 1944 he followed Amsler to the

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, where in 1951 he became head of its polyclinic. In 1960 he received a professorship in Zürich.Florian Verrey
at

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He was the author of 74 medical papers, many of which concerned the eye's

aqueous humor The aqueous humour is a transparent water-like fluid similar to blood plasma, but containing low protein concentrations. It is secreted from the ciliary body, a structure supporting the lens of the eyeball. It fills both the anterior and the po ...

. He was also interested in

uveitis Uveitis () is inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer of the eye between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea. The uvea consists of the middle layer of pigmented vascular structures of the eye and ...

; in 1964 he listed 130 different diseases in which uveitis may happen. The eponymous " Amsler-Verrey sign" bears his name; being defined as bleeding caused by applanation tonometry and

cataract surgery Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens (anatomy), lens of the human eye, eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy area. The eye's natural lens is usually replaced with an artific ...

in patients with

Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) is a chronic unilateral uveitis appearing with the triad of heterochromia, predisposition to cataract and glaucoma, and keratitic precipitates on the posterior corneal surface. Patients are often asymptomati ...

Selected writings

* , (with Marc Amsler, 1946) – Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis and vascular fragility. * , 1954 – Clinic on aqueous humor pathology. * , (with Marc Amsler and Alfred Huber, 1955) – Aqueous humor and its functions.Google Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verrey, Florian 1911 births 1976 deaths People from Lausanne University of Lausanne alumni Academic staff of the University of Zurich Swiss ophthalmologists