Manuel Uribe y Troncoso (17 June 1867, in

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. A joint founder of the Mexican Ophthalmology Society, he was a renowned expert on the physiology and diseases of the eye. In 1943

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appointed him one of the founding members of the Colegio Nacional.

Inventions

*A monocular self-illuminating gonioscope *A binocular corneal microscope *A “Demonstration Eye” for refraction anomalies

Publications

*''Por tierras mejicanas'' (1919) *''Internal Diseases of the Eye and Atlas of Ophthalmoscopy'' (1937) *''A Treatise of Gonioscopy'' (1947)

References

Manuel Uribe y Troncoso: Biografía
(El Colegio Nacional)
Manuel Uribe y Troncoso, A Mexican Ophthalmologist and His Contributions to Medicine
(ISHM) {{DEFAULTSORT:Uribe Troncoso, Manuel 1867 births 1959 deaths Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico) Mexican ophthalmologists People from Toluca