Edmund Landolt
Edmund Landolt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 March 1846 |
| Died | Error: Need valid birth date (second date): year, month, day |
| Nationality |  Swiss |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ophthalmology |
| Institutions | Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles |
Landolt, Edmund, (17 May 1846 - 9 May 1926) was an Swiss ophthalmologist stationed in Paris.
Mostly know for a wide range of publications and his research in the field of ophthalmology.
First years
Edmund Landolt was born in Kirchberg, Switzerland, of a French mother, Rosina Baumgartner, and Swiss father, Rudolf Landolt.
He came to France during the war in 1871 with a Swiss ambulance hospital, and was present at the battles around Belfort, where he contracted enteric fever.
Study and work
Studied at University of Zurich where he got a Ph.D. in 1869 and was trough this time and later pupil of Knapp in Heidelberg, Ferdinan Arlt in Vienna, Von Graefe and Helmholtz in Berlin, Horner in Zürich, and Snellen and Donders in Utrecht.
Worked in physiological optics with, among others, Snellen and Donders.
After study and practice in Utrecht and Germany he established himself in Paris in 1874 where he became oculist to the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles.
With Panas (1832-1903) and Poncet (1849-1913) he re-founded the Archives d'ophtalmologie in 1881 and co-directed the Laboratoire d’Ophtalmologie with Javal.
Landolt's eye clinic on the Rue Saint-André-des-Arts was world famous. Here he treated ,among others, Mary Cassatt, and gave her the diagnosis cataracts.
Special fields of work
Ocular muscles and their disorders. Pioneering the work in their study and treatment.
He discovered ‘Landolt’s bodies’ between the rods and cones of the outer nuclear layer of the retina, investigated the functions of the ocular muscles and devised a new advancement operation.
Infamous for his publication of Landolt_C.
Family
Married Valerie Hübscher. Two sons; Dr. Fernand Landolt, laryngologist and Dr. Marc Landolt, ophthalmologist.
Curiosity
He is mentioned in Sherlock Holmes' book The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) p. 44
It is believed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spent time with him in Paris in relation to his study of ophthalmology in Vienna.
External Links
- Edmund Landolt in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Obituary
- College of Optometrists Historical Books
- Cassatt
- Historical & Fictional Characters In Sherlockian Pastiches
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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- ^ Obituary in Br J Ophthalmol, August 10, 1926.