Lacrimal History – Part 64: Doyens of Dacryology Series – Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888): Agnew’s Knife, Punctocanaliculoplasty, and Cautery of the Lacrimal Sac Epithelium
Mohammad Javed Ali
Abstract
Cornelia Rea Agnew (Figure 1) was born to William and Elizabeth Agnew from a Merchant family in New York on August 8, 1830.1,2 He completed his initial studies at Columbia College in 1849 and gradu...
Topics & Concepts
MedicineLacrimal sacAnatomyEpitheliumLacrimal glandOrbit (dynamics)PathologyLacrimal apparatusSeries (stratigraphy)DacryocystorhinostomyNasolacrimal Duct Obstruction TreatmentsSympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis TreatmentsHistory of Science and Natural History