TY - JOUR
T1 - Allvar Gullstrand and the slit lamp 1911
AU - Timoney, P. J.
AU - Breathnach, C. S.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - The Swedish ophthalmologist and self-taught mathematician Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930) invented the slit lamp to illuminate the anterior of the eye. With its rectangular beam of very bright light, he studied the structure of the cornea and the function of the lens. His dioptric investigations showed that, as well as the extracapsular mechanism described by Helmholtz, changes in the substance of the lens, that he termed intracapsular, also contribute to accommodation. However, his invention has been appropriated by clinical ophthalmologists and is now routinely used in examination of the eye.
AB - The Swedish ophthalmologist and self-taught mathematician Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930) invented the slit lamp to illuminate the anterior of the eye. With its rectangular beam of very bright light, he studied the structure of the cornea and the function of the lens. His dioptric investigations showed that, as well as the extracapsular mechanism described by Helmholtz, changes in the substance of the lens, that he termed intracapsular, also contribute to accommodation. However, his invention has been appropriated by clinical ophthalmologists and is now routinely used in examination of the eye.
KW - Accommodation
KW - Function of the lens
KW - Ophthalmological examination
KW - Slit-lamp
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U2 - 10.1007/s11845-012-0873-y
DO - 10.1007/s11845-012-0873-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 23264115
AN - SCOPUS:84878374577
SN - 0021-1265
VL - 182
SP - 301
EP - 305
JO - Irish Journal of Medical Science
JF - Irish Journal of Medical Science
IS - 2
ER -