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Allvar Gullstrand: Dioptrics of the Eye and the Slit Lamp

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Allvar Gullstrand (1862–1930) was a Swedish ophthalmologist whose study of the physiological and geometric optics of the eye challenged existing theories by discovering new ways of examining the structures of the eye. His key invention was the slit lamp but he is also known for the development of the reflex-free ophthalmoscope and the schematic eye. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology in 1911.

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Acknowledgments

I wish to acknowledge the great assistance I have received in the preparation of this chapter from Dr. Karl-Heinz Donnerhacke, past employee of Carl Zeiss, and now adjunct professor for ophthalmic technology at the Ernst Abbé University of Applied Sciences in Jena.

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  1. Honorary Curator, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, 1 Brookfield Park, London, NW5 1ES, UK

    Richard Keeler

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    Michael F. Marmor

  2. OHSU, Casey Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Daniel M. Albert

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Keeler, R. (2017). Allvar Gullstrand: Dioptrics of the Eye and the Slit Lamp. In: Marmor, M., Albert, D. (eds) Foundations of Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59641-9_11

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