STRAUB,MANUEL AND THE AMSTERDAM-SCHOOL-OF-OPHTHALMOLOGY

Manuel Straub was one of the forefathers of Dutch ophthalmology and is well known for his early work on phacogenic uveitis and refraction. I n this historical account of the rise of opthalmology in the Netherlan ds, the author traces Straub's significant role and reflects on how hi s own fate became intextricably linked with Straub and other illustrio us Dutch opthalmologists, such as W.P.C. Zeeman, Otto Roelofs, and Are nd Hagedoorn.