Alfred Vogt

Alfred Vogt (31 October 1879 – 10 December 1943) was a Swiss ophthalmologist, known for his development of techniques for retinoscopy and the surgical management of retinal detachment.[1][2][3]

Alfred Vogt
Alfred Vogt
Born	31 October 1879 Menziken, Aargau
Died	10 December 1943 Zürich
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	University of Basel
Awards	Gonin Medal (1941)
Scientific career
Fields	ophthalmologist
Influences	Karl Mellinger

Alfred Vogt received his doctorate from the University of Basel in 1904. After training in ophthalmology under professor Karl Mellinger in Basel, Vogt started private practice in 1906. In 1909 he was appointed head physician of the ophthalmological department of the cantonal hospital in the city of Aarau. In 1917 he was appointed professor extraordinarius and director of the University of Basel's eye clinic. In 1923 he was appointed professor ordinarius and director of the University of Zurich's eye clinic.[4]

Vogt was a pioneer of specular microscopy; around 1913 he used a slit lamp together with a corneal microscope to investigate the structures of the anterior areas of the eye,[3][5] and in 1918 he was the first to perform direct examination of the corneal endothelium.[6] He is also credited with introducing perforating cyclodiathermy for the treatment of glaucoma (in 1936).[7]

Awards and honors

• 1919 Election to the Leopoldina
• 1932 Donders Medal of the Dutch Ophthalmological Society
• 1939 Cothenius Medial of the Leopoldina[8]
• 1941 Gonin Medal
• 1942 Gullstrand Medal of the Swedish Medical Society

Selected works

• Damage to the Eye caused by Aniline Dye.
• Atlas der Spaltlampenmikroskopie des lebenden Auges. Berlin, J. Springer, 1921.
  • 2nd edition in 2 volumes. Springer, 1930–1931
  • 3rd volume. F. Enke, 1942.
    • English translation Handbook and Atlas of the Slit Lamp Microscopy of the Living Eye in 3 volumes, Zürich, 1947.
  • New printing of the 2nd edition (in German), Bonn, J. P. Wayenborgh, 1977.
    • English translation Textbook and Atlas of the Slit Lamp Microscopy of the Living Eye by F. C. Blodi, 3 volumes, Bonn, J. P. Wayenborgh, 1978–1981
    • French translation, Italian translation.

Eponyms

• Anterior crocodile shagreen of Vogt[9][4]
• Palisades of Vogt
• Striae of Vogt
• Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease
• Vogt's triad: seen in glaucoma, shouldn't be confused with "Vogt's triad" seen in tuberous sclerosis which is named after the German neurologist Heinrich Vogt.

References

1. Stocker, Frederick W. "PROF. ALFRED VOGT 1879-1943." Archives of Ophthalmology 31, no. 2 (1944): 172–174.
2. Stocker, F. W. (1973). "The Eye Clinic of the University of Zurich. 1923-1943: the era of Alfred Vogt". Survey of Ophthalmology. 19 (1): 31–37.
3. Alfred Vogt, Whonamedit - dictionary of medical eponyms
4. Ophthalmologist and eponyms – Vogt, mrcophth.com
5. Specular Microscopy - Augenklinik Petrisberg
6. Textbook of Ophthalmology, Volume 1 by Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, David J. Apple
7. Marr, William G. (1949). "The Treatment of Glaucoma with Cyclodiathermy*". American Journal of Ophthalmology. 32 (2): 241–247. doi:10.1016/0002-9394(49)90140-3. PMID 18111339.
8. Preisträger der Cothenius-Medaille von 1864 bis 1953 bei der Leopoldina (leopoldina.org)
9. Tripathi RC; Bron AJ (1975). "Secondary anterior crocodile shagreen of Vogt". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 59 (1): 59–63. doi:10.1136/bjo.59.1.59. PMC 1017346. PMID 1079137.

• Gloor, Balder P (2008). "Alfred Vogt (1879-1943)". Survey of Ophthalmology. United States. 53 (6): 655–63. doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.08.014. ISSN 0039-6257. PMID 19026327.