1837 BIGGER, Samuel Lenox L. (1809 – 1891)
An inquiry into the possibility of transplanting the cornea, with the view of relieving blindness…
Bigger, a Dublin surgeon, successfully grafted a cornea of one gazelle onto that of another. According to this paper, he first performed this operation in 1835 while he was “a prisoner with a Nomadic tribe of Arabs, a…
GMN 5850.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7181
1878 SELLERBECK, Heinrich (1842 – )
Ueber Keratoplastik.
Sellerbeck was first to use human donor corneas for transplants. He was not very successful, probably because the antiseptics employed were too strong.
GMN 5916.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6818
1888 HIPPEL, Arthur von (1841 – 1917)
Eine neue Methode der Hornhauttransplantation.
Modern keratoplasty is based on the technique introduced by von Hippel.
GMN 5933 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6870
1906 ZIRM, Eduard Konrad (1863 – 1944)
Eine erfolgreiche totale Keratoplastik.
First successful corneal transplantation (keratoplasty).
GMN 5950.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6949
1930 ELSCHNIG, Anton (1863 – 1939)
Keratoplasty.
Elschnig developed the method of corneal grafting introduced by von Hippel (No. 5933) and produced good results on the human eye.
GMN 5975 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7031
1930 THOMAS, Sir James William Tudor (1893 – 1976)
Transplantation of cornea: a preliminary report on a series of experiments on rabbits.
See also his paper in Brit. J. Ophthal., 1934, 18, 129-42.
GMN 5979 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7050
1932 CASTROVIEJO, Ramon (1904 – 1987)
Keratoplasty. A historical and experimental study, including a new method.
Castroviejo’s method of keratoplasty.
GMN 5981 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7058
1935 FILATOV, Vladimir Petrovich (1875 – 1956)
Transplantation of the cornea.
Earlier papers recording the important work of Filatov on corneal transplantation appeared in Russian journals.
GMN 5986 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7070
1990 PALLIKARIS, Ionnis (Παλλήκαρης Ιωάννης) (1947 – ); ET AL
Laser in situ keratomileusis.
Though several researchers developed the procedures for using an excimer laser to perform in situ karatomileusis (LASIK), "Pallikaris also independently conceived of a hinged flap using a microkeratome he had specific…
GMN 7135 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9302
1999 MANNIS, Avi A.; MANNIS, Mark J.
Corneal transplantation: A history in profiles. Edited by Mark J. Mannis and Avi A. Mannis.
GMN 12189 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14399
