Henri Dor (4 October 1835, in

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– 28 October 1912, in

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) was a Swiss

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. He studied medicine at the

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, then furthered his education in ophthalmology at Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London, Edinburgh and Utrecht. From 1860 he worked as an ophthalmologist in this hometown of Vevey, then in 1867 was named a professor of ophthalmology at the

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. In 1876 he resigned his professorship and opened a private clinic in

.Dor, Henri
Historischen Lexikon der SchweizThe American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology
/ref> With Edouard Meyer he founded the journal ''Revue générale d'Ophtamologie''. He was also a founder of the ''Société d'Ophtalmologie de Heidelberg''. In 1881 he became a member of the ''Société d'anthropologie de Lyon'', serving as its president in 1898 and 1909. He was the author of numerous articles on clinical ophthalmology and on the physiology of vision. He was fluent in several languages, including

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. In 1908 he was chosen as the first president of the Tutmonda Esperantista Kuracista Asocio (World Esperanto Medical Association).

Selected works

* ''Des différences individuelles de la réfraction de l'oeil'', 1860 – Individual differences involving

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of the eye. * ''De la vision chez les arthropodes'', 1861 – The vision of

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s. * ''Das Stereoscop : und das Stereoscopische Sehen'', 1871 – The

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and stereoscopic vision. * ''Échelle pour mesurer l'acuité de la vision chromatique'', 1878 – Scale to measure the

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of chromatic vision. * ''Revue critique de la doctrine : sur le centre cortical de la vision'' (by Salomon Eberhard Henschen, translated from Swedish to French by Henri Dor; 1900) – Critical revision of the doctrine on the cortical center of vision.Most widely held works by Henri Dor
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dor, Henri 1835 births 1912 deaths University of Zurich alumni Academic staff of the University of Bern People from Vevey Swiss ophthalmologists