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Sep 29, 1832 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Died on 24 Jan 1906 (aged 73)
French ophthalmologist
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About Louis De Wecker
- Louis de Wecker (29 September 1832 – 24 January 1906) was a French ophthalmologist born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin, Vienna and Paris, earning doctorates from Würzburg (1855) and Paris (1861).
- From 1862 he maintained a popular ophthalmology clinic in Paris. In 1867 he performed an enucleation of the eye of Léon Gambetta.
- His name is associated with "de Wecker scissors", which are small sharp-pointed scissors used for intraocular surgery of the iris and lens capsule.Dr.
- José Rizal (1861-1896), martyr and national hero of the Philippines, completed his ophthalmological training under Professor Louis de Wecker in Paris in 1885.
