Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath

Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath
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Born(1920-07-10)10 July 1920
Died20 January 1992(1992-01-20) (aged 71)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Known forInvention of light coagulation
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsOphthalmology
Institutions

Gerhard Rudolph Edmund Meyer-Schwickerath (10 July 1920 – 20 January 1992) was a German ophthalmologist,[1] university lecturer and researcher. He is known as the father of light coagulation which was the predecessor to many eye surgeries.[2][3]

  1. ^ https://www.fatbtc.de/search/label/Optometrist?&max-results=6#
  2. ^ Goes, Frank (2013). Eye in history. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers. ISBN 978-93-5090-274-5. OCLC 813930522.
  3. ^ Boyd, Benjamin (2010). Modern ophthalmology : the highlights : the account of a master wintnessing a 60 year epoch of evolution and progress (1950–2010). Panama: Jaypee-Highlights Medical Publishers. ISBN 978-9962-678-16-8. OCLC 720191230.