RESUMO
The Scottish ophthalmologist Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837-1909) is best known for his description of the syphilitic pupil. He also made important contributions concerning the ocular effects of physostigmine and to filtration surgery for glaucoma. Outside of his medical practice, he was club champion at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrews, and the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers many times. He was a champion archer of the Royal Company of Archers, the Queen's Bodyguard in Scotland. Robertson was honored as surgeon-oculist in Scotland to Queen Victoria and to King Edward VII.
Assuntos
Oftalmologia/história , Pupila , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , Humanos , Doenças da Íris/história , Fisostigmina/história , Escócia , Esportes/históriaRESUMO
Holmes' priority in establishing an extensive body of knowledge that defines much of neuro-ophthalmology is given. His original descriptions are reviewed and his findings reappraised in light of present-day knowledge.