Louis de Wecker
Louis de Wecker was a French ophthalmologist born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
He studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin, Vienna and Paris, earning doctorates from Würzburg and Paris. From 1862 he maintained a popular ophthalmology clinic in Paris.
In 1867 he performed an enucleation of the eye of Léon Gambetta. His name is associated with "de Wecker scissors", which are small sharp-pointed scissors used for intraocular surgery of the iris and lens capsule.
Dr. José Rizal, martyr and national hero of the Philippines, completed his ophthalmological training under Professor Louis de Wecker in Paris in 1885.Selected writings
