Mikhail Mikhailowitsch Woinow

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mikhail Mikhailowitsch Woinow, surname sometimes spelled as Voinov (1844 - 1875) was an opthamologist from the Russian Empire who worked Austrian Empire and later in Germany.

He served as an assistant to Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) and Otto Becker (1828-1890) at the University of Heidelberg and to Carl Ferdinand von Arlt (1812-1887) in Vienna. Later he established an ophthalmologic practice in Moscow, where he also gave lectures at the university.[1]

In Vienna he conducted pioneer ophthalmometric research with August Leopold von Reuss (1841-1924) that included studies of corneal astigmatism following cataract extraction. The two men are credited as the first to describe exact ophthalmometric observations on "wound astigmatism".[2][3] In addition to work in ophthalmometry, Woinow published a number of papers on subjects such as ametropia, the blind spot, binocular vision, color vision, accommodation, etc.[4]

Selected writings[edit]

  • Ophthalmometrische Studien. (with August Leopold von Reuss), Vienna 1869.
  • Ophthalmometrie. Vienna: A. Holzhausen for W. Braumüller, 1871.
  • Über das Verhalten der Doppelbilder bei Augenmuskellähmungen. 1870 (On the behavior of double vision eye muscle paralysis).[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1] Ophthalmometrie
  2. ^ "Ophthalmometrische Studien by Ritter von (1841-1924) & Mikhail Mikhailvitch WOINOW (1844-1875) August from Jeff Weber Rare Books - Used Book - Paperback". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-03-08. Ophthalmometrische Studien
  3. ^ [2] John Herbert Parsons. The pathology of the eye (Volume 3)
  4. ^ [3] Becker Exhibits
  5. ^ [4] Antiquariat Bernard Richter