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KNAPP, Jacob Hermann (1832 – 1911)

KNAPP, Jacob Hermann (1832 – 1911)

1832 – 1911

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1859 CE

#5884

Die Krümmung der Homhaut des menschlichen Auges.

Knapp wrote valuable monographs on curvature of the cornea (above) and on intraocular tumours (see No. 5902). He became one of the leading ophthalmologists in America.

1868 CE

#5902

Die intraocularen Geschwülste nach eigenen klinischen Beobachtungen und anatomischen Untersuchungen.

English translation, New York, 1869.

1884 CE

#8655

On cocaine and its use in ophthalmic and general surgery.

Knapp translated Koller's paper (No. 5678) into English and with the English translation published a large amount of supplementary material by American surgeons who had recently experimented with cocaine as a local an…