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258: 252: 265: 29: 86:. Usher demonstrated that the disease was inherited, and that parents passed the condition onto their children. His discovery was a continuation of the work done by German ophthalmologists 302: 346: 341: 351: 331: 224: 87: 295: 336: 288: 68: 48: 82:. He based his findings on a survey of 69 individuals who suffered from visual problems associated with 257: 326: 321: 95: 28: 230: 168: 220: 160: 91: 56: 272: 212: 197: 152: 40: 201: 75: 55:, and after receiving his doctorate in 1891, he remained at St. Thomas, working under 315: 234: 185:
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On the inheritance of Retinitis pigmentosa with notes of cases.
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276: 67:Hospital for Sick Children, and also worked in the 98:and its link to deafness in the mid-19th century. 105:(1857–1936), Usher produced an important work on 143:"A Monograph on Albinism in Man (book review)". 133:Roy.Lond.Ophthalmol.Hosp.Rep. 1914; 19: 130–236 78:, which he described in a 1914 treatise titled 296: 39:(2 March 1865 – 3 March 1942) was a Scottish 8: 303: 289: 80:On the inheritance of retinitis pigmentosa 207:Beighton, Peter; Beighton, Greta (1986). 122: 211:. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. 347:20th-century Scottish medical doctors 342:19th-century Scottish medical doctors 7: 247: 245: 16:Scottish ophthalmologist (1865–1942) 275:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 151:(2205): 441–442. 1 February 1912. 14: 74:Usher is known for the eponymous 59:(1845–1913). Later he was an eye 352:Scottish medical biography stubs 263: 256: 250: 94:, who did extensive research of 332:Medical doctors from Edinburgh 111:A Monograph on Albinism in Man 1: 209:The Man Behind the Syndrome 368: 244: 190:Obituary to Charles Usher. 18: 217:10.1007/978-1-4471-1415-4 47:. He studied medicine at 337:British ophthalmologists 101:With Dr. Nettleship and 69:Aberdeen Royal Infirmary 19:Not to be confused with 196:26(5). 1942, 235–238. 33: 31: 96:retinitis pigmentosa 37:Charles Howard Usher 88:Albrecht von Graefe 49:St. Thomas Hospital 194:Br. J. Ophthalmol. 34: 284: 283: 226:978-1-4471-1415-4 92:Richard Liebreich 57:Edward Nettleship 359: 305: 298: 291: 267: 266: 262: 261: 260: 254: 246: 238: 177: 176: 157:10.1038/088441a0 140: 134: 127: 367: 366: 362: 361: 360: 358: 357: 356: 312: 311: 310: 309: 264: 255: 249: 242: 227: 206: 181: 180: 142: 141: 137: 128: 124: 119: 41:ophthalmologist 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 365: 363: 355: 354: 349: 344: 339: 334: 329: 324: 314: 313: 308: 307: 300: 293: 285: 282: 281: 268: 240: 239: 225: 204: 187: 179: 178: 135: 121: 120: 118: 115: 76:Usher syndrome 32:Usher ca. 1900 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 364: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 328: 325: 323: 320: 319: 317: 306: 301: 299: 294: 292: 287: 286: 280: 278: 274: 269: 259: 253: 248: 243: 236: 232: 228: 222: 218: 214: 210: 205: 203: 199: 195: 191: 188: 186: 183: 182: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 139: 136: 132: 126: 123: 116: 114: 112: 108: 104: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 72: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 30: 26: 22: 21:Charlie Usher 277:expanding it 270: 241: 208: 193: 189: 184: 148: 144: 138: 130: 129:C.H. Usher: 125: 110: 103:Karl Pearson 100: 79: 73: 36: 35: 25: 327:1942 deaths 322:1865 births 316:Categories 117:References 235:160587755 165:0028-0836 45:Edinburgh 107:albinism 84:deafness 65:Aberdeen 202:1143412 173:3990004 109:called 63:at the 61:surgeon 233:  223:  200:  171:  163:  145:Nature 53:London 231:S2CID 169:S2CID 43:from 273:stub 221:ISBN 192:In: 161:ISSN 90:and 213:doi 198:PMC 153:doi 51:in 318:: 229:. 219:. 167:. 159:. 149:88 147:. 113:. 71:. 304:e 297:t 290:v 279:. 237:. 215:: 175:. 155:: 23:.

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Charlie Usher

ophthalmologist
Edinburgh
St. Thomas Hospital
London
Edward Nettleship
surgeon
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Usher syndrome
deafness
Albrecht von Graefe
Richard Liebreich
retinitis pigmentosa
Karl Pearson
albinism
doi
10.1038/088441a0
ISSN
0028-0836
S2CID
3990004
PMC
1143412
doi
10.1007/978-1-4471-1415-4
ISBN
978-1-4471-1415-4
S2CID

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