Edmund Hansen Grut (January 15, 1831 – 13 June 1907) was a Danish

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born in

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. In 1857 he earned his medical doctorate at the

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, and afterwards traveled to

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, where he studied with

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(1828-1870). In 1863 he opened an eye clinic at Nørregade, Copenhagen, and in 1873 founded an ophthalmic clinic at Havnegade (Harbour Street), not far from the University Hospital. By 1880, the Havnegade clinic had 19 beds for patients, and on the average performed around 100 cataract surgeries per year. It was also a centre of training for

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students, where men such as

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(1851-1920),

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(1854-1939) and

Gordon Norrie Gordon Norrie (May 6, 1855 in Helsingør – October 11, 1941 in Copenhagen) was a Danish surgeon and ophthalmologist of Scottish parentage who was born in Helsingør (Elsinore). He was married to Charlotte Norrie, née Harbou (1855–1940), who w ...

(1855-1941) worked as assistants. In 1882 Grut became a lecturer at the university, and in 1888 became the first professor of ophthalmology in Denmark. For a period of time he was editor-in-chief of the periodical ''Nordisk Oftalmologisk Tidsskrift''.

References

The Baltic Eye, Highlights in Danish Ophthalmology 1880-1900

The History of the Ophthalmological Society of Copenhagen 19th-century Danish physicians Danish ophthalmologists People from Copenhagen Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen 1831 births 1907 deaths {{Denmark-med-bio-stub