- Rudolf Schirmer
Rudolf Schirmer (
March 10 ,1831 –January 27 ,1896 ) [WhoNamedIt|doctor|1665] was a Germanophthalmologist fromGreifswald . He initially studied medicine at theUniversity of Greifswald , then furthered his studies atGöttingen ,Berlin ,Paris andVienna . Later he returned to Greifswald, where he was habilitated for ophthalmology in 1860. In 1873 he attained the chair of ophthalmology, a position he held until his retirement in 1893. His son,Otto Schirmer (1864-1918) was also a professor of ophthalmology at Greifswald.Schirmer is remembered for establishing
ophthalmology as an independent discipline at Greifswald, as well as his research involving the anomalies ofrefraction and accommodation of the eye. He performed extensive studies of diseases involving thelacrimal apparatus , and in 1860 described the association of facialnaevus flammeus withbuphthalmos in a disease now known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis. This condition is sometimes referred to as "Schirmer's syndrome".References
* [http://www.dog.org/jhg/abstract_2001/english.html XVth Convention of the Julius-Hirschberg-Gesellschaft]
* [http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/117/6/2119 Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics]
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