Adolphe Franceschetti (11 October 1896, in

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– 3 March 1968, in

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) was a Swiss

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. He studied medicine at the

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, where he also spent several years as an assistant in its ophthalmological clinic. At Zurich, his influences were

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and Alfred Vogt. Later on, he relocated to the

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as an assistant under

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at Basel, and from 1933 to 1966 was a professor and director of the university eye clinic in

.Adolphe Franceschetti
at

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In 1948 he established a department of

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, with ophthalmologist David Klein serving as its head. He was the author of around 500 scientific articles, many of them involving human genetics and inheritable diseases of the eye. His name is associated with several medical syndromes; notably,

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, Franceschetti–Zwahlen–Klein syndrome and Franceschetti–Klein–Wildervanck syndrome. He is also credited with introducing improved techniques to keratoplastic surgery.

Selected works

* ''Beitrag zur Kenntnis der evulsio nervi optici'', 1923 – On

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avulsion. * ''Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde'' (with

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, Jean Babel; 3rd edition 1961) – Textbook of ophthalmology. * ''Genetics and ophthalmology'' (with

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, David Klein; 2 volumes 1961–63). * ''Chorioretinal heredodegenerations'', 1974; in English, a translated update of ''Les hérédo-dégénérescences chorirétiniennes''.Most widely held works by Adolphe Franceschetti
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Franceschetti, Adolphe 1896 births 1968 deaths University of Zurich alumni Academic staff of the University of Geneva Swiss ophthalmologists