an Austrian ophthalmologist who introduced cocaine as a local anaesthetic for eye surgery
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Born
December 3, 1857 Schüttenhofen, Bohemia (modern Czech Republic )
Died
March 21, 1944 (aged 86) New York City, United States
Nationality
Austria
Known for
Cocaine as a local anaesthetic
Fields
Ophthalmology
adultbasic
Austria
era
1800+
Influences
Sigmund Freud