Jacques Daviel
French surgeon and ophthalmologist · France · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1693 to 1762 · aged 69
Jacques Daviel was a French ophthalmologist credited with originating the first significant advance in cataract surgery since couching was invented in antiquity.
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Daviel performed the first documented planned primary extracapsular cataract extraction on 18 September 1750 in Cologne on a clerical official named Gilles Noupres.
Country
France
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1693 to 1762 · aged 69
