Allvar Gullstrand

1911 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

"for his work on the dioptrics of the eye"
--http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1911

Quick Facts

• Born: June 5, 1862
• Birthplace: Landskrona
• Residence: Sweden
• Education: Uppsala University
• Field of Study: Medicine
• Major Contribution: Found the Mechanism of Intracapsular Accomodation; noted also for his research on astigmatism
• Affiliations: Doctor of Philosophy of the Universities of Uppsala, Jena and Dublin; member of a number of Swedish and foreign scientific societies; member of the Nobel Physics Committee of the Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Publications: Contribution to the theory of astigmatism; The objective differential diagnosis and photographic illustration of disabilities of the eye muscles, 1892; Photographic-ophthalmometric and clinical investigations of corneal refractions, 1896

"Gullstrand contributed to knowledge of the structure and function of the cornea and to research on astigmatism. He improved corrective lenses for use after surgery for cataracts and devised the Gullstrand slit lamp, a valuable diagnostic tool that facilitates detailed study of the eye. Gullstrand's investigations led to a new concept of the theory of optical images..."
--http://crishunt.8bit.co.uk/allvar_gullstrand.html

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Sources
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1911/
http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A100537AB9/allBySubject/
http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/G/Gullstra.html

1902 - Albrecht Kossel | 1910 Alexis Carrel