R. SPELEERS, A FLEMISH PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND HIS RELATIONS WITH THE GERMAN OPHTHALMOLOGY

97th DOG Annual Meeting 1999

V293
R. SPELEERS, A FLEMISH PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND HIS RELATIONS WITH THE GERMAN OPHTHALMOLOGY

E. De Sutter

1. Origin, studies, the Flemish Movement
2. Medical study and formation at Leuven
3. Ophthalmological formation at Berlin
4. Ophthalmological practice 1902-1914; ophthalmological congress at Ghent on the occasion of the World Fair 1913
5. Professor at the Flemish University of Ghent
6. The repression of 1918/19: the belgian medical societies exclude Speleers, the Société Belge d`Ophtalmologie also their german honorary members, e.g. Hirschberg
7. Ophthamologist at Eindhoven (Netherlands)
8. Second professorship at Ghent
9. Member of the Katyn Commission
10. His last years. Speleers look back on this career with the same words as Hirschberg did in his biography St. Maartenkliniek, Vercruysselaan 5, B-8500 Kortrijk

Back