Carl Koller
Carl Koller · Science & Medicine
Ophthalmologist who introduced local anesthesia by using cocaine in eye surgery.
1857, Schüttenhofen, Bohemia (now Sušice, Czech Republic) — 1944, New York City, New York, United States
Austria · United States
Carl Koller is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Ophthalmologist who introduced local anesthesia by using cocaine in eye surgery.
Carl Koller was a Bohemian-born ophthalmologist who in 1884 introduced local anesthesia by demonstrating that cocaine could numb the eye for surgery, founding the field of local and regional anesthesia. His discovery, made in Vienna, revolutionized ophthalmic and surgical practice. He was Jewish, born to a Jewish family and later emigrated to the United States.
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Ophthalmologist who introduced local anesthesia by using cocaine in eye surgery.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology