page_title: Louis de Wecker
hierarchical_section_title: Louis de Wecker
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Photo louis de Wecker vers 1890
context_page_description: Louis de Wecker was a French ophthalmologist born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  He studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin, Vienna and Paris, earning doctorates from Würzburg and Paris. From 1862 he maintained a popular ophthalmology clinic in Paris.
  In 1867 he performed an enucleation of the eye of Léon Gambetta. His name is associated with "de Wecker scissors", which are small sharp-pointed scissors used for intraocular surgery of the iris and lens capsule.
  Dr. José Rizal, martyr and national hero of the Philippines, completed his ophthalmological training under Professor Louis de Wecker in Paris in 1885.
context_section_description: Louis de Wecker (29 September 1832 – 24 January 1906) was a French ophthalmologist born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  He studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin, Vienna and Paris, earning doctorates from Würzburg (1855) and Paris (1861). From 1862 he maintained a popular ophthalmology clinic in Paris.
  In 1867 he performed an enucleation of the eye of Léon Gambetta. His name is associated with "de Wecker scissors", which are small sharp-pointed scissors used for intraocular surgery of the iris and lens capsule.
  Dr. José Rizal (1861-1896), martyr and national hero of the Philippines, completed his ophthalmological training under Professor Louis de Wecker in Paris in 1885.
caption: Louis de Wecker (ca. 1890)
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