Louis de Wecker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis de Wecker

French ophthalmologist

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1832

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1906

Profession: ophthalmologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.