Lacrimal History – Part 56: Doyens of Dacryology Series – The Clinicoanatomical Works of Joseph von Gerlach (1820–1896), Heinrich Heinlein, Jean Riolan (1577–1657), and Florent Cunier (1812–1853)
Mohammad Javed Ali
Abstract
Joseph von Gerlach (Figure 1) was born on April 3, 1820, in Mainz, Germany.1–4 He attended school in Aschaffenburg in Bavaria. He began studying Medicine in Würzburg in 1837, but had to switch seve...
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