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In 1958, on the occasion of the centenary of the Koninklijk Nederlands Gasthuis voor Ooglijders at Utrecht, the Snellen medal was founded by the Board of the hospital in memory of PROF. DR. HERMAN SNELLEN SR. This medal should be presented each 5th year to a person of Dutch nationality, who had exceptionally distinguished himself in the field of ophthalmology . The Snellen committee, of which I had the honour to be a member, was unanimous in their choice of the laureate of this award; it should be Dr. C.D. BINKHORST for his outstanding and ingenious work on the intra ocular implant lens. BINKHORST, an exceptionally gifted eye-surgeon, started lens implantation in 1955, after he had studied Ridley's method in London. "He introduced several improvements, and in 1957 developed his iris clip lens, in which fixation of the implant lens was provided by the iris diaphragm. The iris clip lens was followed in 1965 by the iridocapsular lens, intended for extracapsular extractions, while the iris clip lens was suitable for both intra capsular and extracapsular extraction. BINKHORST has earn ed a world reputation and ophthalmologists from all over the world come to the little towns of Terneuzen and Sluiskil in the province of Zeeland, to learn his technique.
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The implantation of artificial lenses in traumatic cataract in children.- Experiences in 100 artificial lensimplantations after intracapsular lensextraction.- Ultrasonographic oculometry and the optics of the eye.- Dislocation and endothelial corneal dystrophy (ECD) in patients fitted with Binkhorst lens implants (1958-1972).- Current status of intraocular lenses in the United States.- Some methodical aspects of the implantation of Binkhorst lenses.- The author's technique for lens implantation (iris 'medallion' lens).- Artificial lensdesign.- Some thoughts on the fixation of intraocular lenses.- Histopathology of eyes containing Binkhorst lenses (Abstract).- Discussion.- Aqueous humour biotoxicity.
