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}}'''Alfred Vogt''' (1879 – 1943) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]], known for his development of techniques for [[retinoscopy]] and the surgical management of retinal detachment.<ref>Stocker, Frederick W. "PROF. ALFRED VOGT 1879-1943." Archives of Ophthalmology 31, no. 2 (1944): 172–174.</ref> |
}}'''Alfred Vogt''' (1879 – 1943) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]], known for his development of techniques for [[retinoscopy]] and the surgical management of retinal detachment.<ref>Stocker, Frederick W. "PROF. ALFRED VOGT 1879-1943." Archives of Ophthalmology 31, no. 2 (1944): 172–174.</ref><ref>Stocker, F. W. "The Eye Clinic of the University of Zurich. 1923-1943: the era of Alfred Vogt." Survey of Ophthalmology 19, no. 1 (1973): 31–37.</ref> |
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Alfred Vogt received his doctorate from the [[University of Basel]] in 1904. After training in ophthalmology under professor Carl Mellinger in Basel, Vogt started private practice in 1906. In 1909 he was appointed head physician of the ophthalmological department of the cantonal hospital in the city of Aarau. In 1917 he was appointed professor extraordinarius and director of the University of Basel's eye clinic. In 1923 he was appointed professor ordinarius and director of the University of Zurich's eye clinic.<ref>[http://www.mrcophth.com/ophthalmologyhalloffame/vogt.html Ophthalmologist and eponyms – Vogt, mrcophth.com]</ref> |
Alfred Vogt received his doctorate from the [[University of Basel]] in 1904. After training in ophthalmology under professor Carl Mellinger in Basel, Vogt started private practice in 1906. In 1909 he was appointed head physician of the ophthalmological department of the cantonal hospital in the city of Aarau. In 1917 he was appointed professor extraordinarius and director of the University of Basel's eye clinic. In 1923 he was appointed professor ordinarius and director of the University of Zurich's eye clinic.<ref>[http://www.mrcophth.com/ophthalmologyhalloffame/vogt.html Ophthalmologist and eponyms – Vogt, mrcophth.com]</ref> |
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Alfred Vogt | |
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| Born | 1879 Menziken, Aargau |
| Died | 1943 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | University of Basel |
| Awards | Gonin Medal (1941) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | ophthalmologist |
Alfred Vogt (1879 – 1943) was a Swiss ophthalmologist, known for his development of techniques for retinoscopy and the surgical management of retinal detachment.[1][2]
Alfred Vogt received his doctorate from the University of Basel in 1904. After training in ophthalmology under professor Carl Mellinger in Basel, Vogt started private practice in 1906. In 1909 he was appointed head physician of the ophthalmological department of the cantonal hospital in the city of Aarau. In 1917 he was appointed professor extraordinarius and director of the University of Basel's eye clinic. In 1923 he was appointed professor ordinarius and director of the University of Zurich's eye clinic.[3]
Awards and honors
- 1919 Election to the Leopoldina
- 1932 Donders Medal of the Dutch Ophthalmological Society
- 1939 Cothenius Medial of the Leopoldina[4]
- 1941 Gonin Medal
- 1942 Gullstrand Medal of the Swedish Medical Society
Selected works
- Damage to the Eye caused by Aniline Dye.
- Atlas der Spaltlampenmikroskopie des lebenden Auges. Berlin, J. Springer, 1921.
- 2nd edition in 2 volumes. Springer, 1930–1931
- 3rd volume. F. Enke, 1942.
- English translation Handbook and Atlas of the Slit Lamp Microscopy of the Living Eye in 3 volumes, Zürich, 1947.
- New printing of the 2nd edition (in German), Bonn, J. P. Wayenborgh, 1977.
- English translation Textbook and Atlas of the Slit Lamp Microscopy of the Living Eye by F. C. Blodi, 3 volumes, Bonn, J. P. Wayenborgh, 1978–1981
- French translation, Italian translation.
Eponym
References
- ^ Stocker, Frederick W. "PROF. ALFRED VOGT 1879-1943." Archives of Ophthalmology 31, no. 2 (1944): 172–174.
- ^ Stocker, F. W. "The Eye Clinic of the University of Zurich. 1923-1943: the era of Alfred Vogt." Survey of Ophthalmology 19, no. 1 (1973): 31–37.
- ^ Ophthalmologist and eponyms – Vogt, mrcophth.com
- ^ Preisträger der Cothenius-Medaille von 1864 bis 1953 bei der Leopoldina (leopoldina.org)
- Gloor, Balder P (2008). "Alfred Vogt (1879-1943)". Survey of Ophthalmology. 53 (6). United States: 655–63. doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.08.014. ISSN 0039-6257. PMID 19026327.
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