Ignacio Barraquer Barraquer (March 25, 1884 – May 13, 1965) was a Spanish
ophthalmologist
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...
known for his contributions to the advancement of
cataract surgery
Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye (also called "crystalline lens") that has developed an opacification, which is referred to as a cataract, and its replacement with an intra ...
.
Barraquer was born in
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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,
Spain
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He was the father of
Jose Barraquer
José Ignacio Barraquer Moner (24 January 1916 – 13 February 1998) was a Spanish ophthalmologist and inventor born in Barcelona who did most of his life's work in Bogotá, Colombia.
His original pioneering investigations on corneal transplan ...
, also an ophthalmologist known for pioneering works in refractive surgery.
Ignacio Barraquer received his medical doctorate in 1908 in Barcelona, and upon his
father's retirement, was appointed Acting Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, held until 1923.
He invented many surgical instruments and procedures involving cataract surgery, many of which are named after him; some among them the suction cup that extracts cataracts, and the fine-tunable vacuum-producing apparatus which allowed the removal of the crystalline lens.
Among his other achievements, Barraquer also founded, planned, and designed the
Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer
Centro may refer to:
Places Brazil
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References
1884 births
1965 deaths
Spanish ophthalmologists
Scientists from Catalonia
Physicians from Catalonia
Burials at Montjuïc Cemetery
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