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Lacrimal History – Part 13: Doyens of Dacryology Series – Johann Zacharias Platner (1694–1747) and His Dissertation (1724) ‘De Fistula Lacrymali’

Mohammad Javed Ali

2025Seminars in Ophthalmology19 citationsDOI

Abstract

Johann Zacharias Platner (Figure 1) was born on August 16, 1694, in Chemnitz, Germany. His father was on the city council and a Merchant by profession. He first enrolled at the University of Leipzi...

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MedicineAnatomySurgeryNasolacrimal Duct Obstruction TreatmentsBiomedical Research and Pathophysiology