Thomas Elliot, 1817-1859: A Forgotten Ophthalmologist

Thomas Elliot, 1817-1859; a forgotten ophthalmologist.

But Doctor, it's only Jimmie's right eye that has the cast. Why must you operate on the other one as well? How often has a puzzled parent confronted us with that question and, before answering, who among us has ever wondered what brave man first grasped his courage and advanced his scalpel at the " good eye "? That man died almost one hundred years ago; he lived in the then remote town of Carli...

Thomas Peel Dunhill, the forgotten man of thyroid surgery.

THE MODERN surgeon approaches the surgery of thyrotoxicosis with confidence, the confidence derived from the excellence of modem anaesthesia, the euthyroid state of the patient and the knowledge that blood transfusion, antibiotics and the specific management of the occasional crisis are always available to extricate the patient from any of these complications. Though full of confidence in his o...

Elliot Anshelevich

My research interests center in the design and analysis of algorithms, especially in large decentralized networks. My main focus has largely been on algorithmic game theory, and more specifically on networks involving strategic agents. In order to understand such networks, I also study diffusion processes in social networks, and more generally approximation algorithms. An increasing number of n...

Dr. Elliot Rapaport: a true legend.

Ophthalmologist in patients' eyes.

It seems that patient's knowledge about ophthalmologist's work is very insufficient, especially about what type of examination should be undertaken for refraction condition during the "simple" eye check-up and which serious systemic diseases could be discovered thorough eye examinations. The aim of the study was to determine patients' knowledge about ophthalmologist examinations during the chec...