Otto Schirmer
Otto Schirmer (13 December 1864, in
ophthalmologist from Greifswald
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Otto Schirmer | |
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| Born | Otto Schirmer 13 December 1864 |
| Died | 6 May 1918 (aged 53) |
He studied medicine at several universities including the
Herman Knapp
Memorial Eye Hospital.
Schirmer conducted
microanatomy of the eye's lacrimal apparatus. His work with sympathetic ophthalmia and the lacrimal system were published in the second edition of the Graefe-Saemisch
textbook of ophthalmology- Handbuch der gesamten Augenheilkunde.
Schirmer is remembered today for the eponymous "
Schirmer test
", a method used to measure the eye's lacrimal secretion with absorbent paper.
Selected writings
- Die postdiphtheritischen Erkrankungen des Auges, 1896 - Post-diphtheria diseases of the eyes.
- Die Impferkrankungen des Auges, 1900.
- Mikroskopische Anatomie und Physiologie der Thränenorgane, 1904 - Microscopic anatomy and physiology of the lacrimal duct.
- Sympathische Augenerkrankung, 1905 - Sympathetic eye disease.[1]
References
- ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
External links
- Ophthalmology Hall of Fame (biography of Otto Schirmer)
- Essay about Shirmer Testing
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