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Curriculum Vitae of Francis Heed Adler
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY VOLUME 79
JANUARY, 1975
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FRANCIS HEED ADLER, M.D. On February 4, Francis Heed Adler will mark the 80th anniversary of his birth. The directors of Ophthalmic Publishing Com pany and the Editorial Board of the A M E R I CAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, extend to him warmest congratulations and every good wish on behalf of themselves, his many friends, colleagues, associates, and former students all over the world. They salute his great contributions to the life, vigor, and in tegrity of American ophthalmology through his unstinting service to it as a teacher, clinician, author, scientist, and executive. Dr. Adler retired as the William F. Norris and George E. deSchweinitz Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsyl vania some 15 years ago. He then began a sec ond career in guiding the American Board of Ophthalmology through major changes in its methods of examinations and in its relation ship to other American boards. He provided refreshing purviews and innovative leadership in guiding the American Board. Various aspects of his career are well known but there is likely no single individual who knows all of his cultural and scientific accomplishments. To Philadelphians he is honored and respected not only as a profes sor at the University of Pennsylvania, but as a skilled musician, for years chairman of the Board of the New School of Music, and a trustee of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Many ophthalmologists have been guided into the beauties of ocular form and function through his magnificent "Physiology of the Eye. Clinical Application." which went through four editions before being taken over by Robert A. Moses. Thousands of physicians' introduction to ophthalmology was through his "Gifford's Textbook of
Ophthalmology," now written by Daniel Albert and Harold Scheie. From 1949 to 1960 he edited the Archives of Ophthalmology and among lasting stylistic changes established the monthly reviews and an enlarged editorial board. He was among the first American scientists and editors to demand controlled studies, and led the Archives to new heights of scientific and literary excellence. After his retirement from the Archives, he joined the editorial staff of the JOURNAL as consulting editor and served until Derrick Vail retired. It is not the purpose of these tributes from members of the American Board of Ophthal mology and the Editorial Board of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
to extol the literary, scientific, and medical achievements of Francis Adler. This was done in a special issue of the JOURNAL at the time he became emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Am. J. Ophthalmol. 50:1024, 1960). Rather, it is the wish of some of us, who have had the good fortune to be closely associated with him, to demonstrate our admiration for him and to indicate publicly that we are better persons and our patients, students, and friends fare better because we have had the opportunity to know him. FRANK W. NEWELL
CURRICULUM VITAE OF FRANCIS H E E D ADLER Born: Feb. 4, 1895, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Education : B.A. University of Pennsylvania, 1916 M.S. University of Pennsylvania, 1918 M.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1919
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Post-Graduate Education: Rotating Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1919-1921 Experience: Research in General Physiology, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, summers of 1915-17, inclusive Assistant Instructor, Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1921-1927 Doctor George deSchweinitz's Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1921-1927 Assistant Surgeon, Doctor Benjamin F. Baer's Clinic, Wills Eye Hospital, 1927-1933 Attending Surgeon, Wills Eye Hospital, 1933-1937 Appointed Chairman of the Department and the William F. Morris and George E. deSchweinitz Professor of Ophthalmology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Medical School, 1937-1960 Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Hospital, 1960Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1929 Appointments : Consulting Surgeon, Wills Eye Hospital, 1937Consulting Ophthalmologist, Children's Hospital, 1960Editorships: Associate Editor, AMA Archives of Ophthal mology, 1929-1950 Editor-in-Chief, AMA Archives of Ophthalmol ogy, 1950-1960
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Honorary Lectureships: First Gifford Lecturer Edward Jackson Lecturer Bedell Lecturer deSchweinitz Lecturer Honors and Awards : Sigma Xi, University of Pennsylvania Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Pennsylvania Medical School Howe Medal, American Ophthalmological Society, 1951 Medal in Ophthalmology, American Medical As sociation, 1959 Lucian Howe Medal, University of Buffalo, 1960 Proctor Medal, The Association for Research in Ophthalmology, 1967 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Penn sylvania Francis Heed Adler Issue of the AMERICAN JOUR NAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, December 1960
American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Distinguished Service Award, October 1974 Military Service: World War I : Private, United States Student Army Training Corps, 1918-1919 World War I I : Consultant, Chemical Warfare Service, primary responsibility: research on ef fects of war gasses on eyes under OSRD con tracts, 1941-1945
PUBLICATIONS OF FRANCIS HEED ADLER
Carcinoma of the pancreas with ulcération into the gastro-intestinal tract. J.A.M.A. 76:158, 1921 Memberships : The action of atropine in ocular inflammations. Arch. Ophthalmol. 55:484, 1923 American Board of Ophthalmology, 1950-1957 The tonic effect of the sympathetic on the ocular Chairman, 1955 Consultant to American Board of Ophthalmology, blood vessels (with E. M. Landis and C. L. Jackson). Arch. Ophthalmol. 53: 1924 1957-1965 The local control of the ocular circulation. Arch. Secretary-Treasurer, American Board of Ophthal Ophthalmol. 53:1, 1924 mology, 1965Demonstration of normal and abnormal pupillary College of Physicians of Philadelphia American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto- reflexes. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 8:4, 1925 laryngology, President in 1969 Studies on the protein content of aqueous humor American Ophthalmological Society 1930-, Presi (with E. M. Landis). Arch. Ophthalmol. 54:265, dent in 1962 1925 American Medical Association, Chairman Section Pupilloscopic findings in lesions in different parts on Ophthalmology, 1952-1953 of the reflex arc. Arch. Ophthalmol. 55:262, 1926 The action of atropine in ocular inflammations. Fellow of American College of Surgeons Arch. Ophthalmol. 55 :1926 French Ophthalmological Society Trustee, Free Library of Philadelphia Ocular disorders in deficiency diseases. Arch. Oph Publications: thalmol. 56:493, 1927 Physiology of the Eye, MacMillan Company, 1933 A comparative study of the role of pigment in the Physiology of the Eye. Clinical Applications, physiology of vision. Arch. Ophthalmol. 57:346, 1928 Mosby and Co., 1950, 1953, 1959,1965 (four edi The entoptic visibility of the capillary circulation tions) in the retina. Arch. Ophthalmol. 1:91, 1929 Iridectomy in glaucoma, Translation from A. von Textbook of Ophthalmology, Saunders and Com pany, 1947 (editions 4-7) (these books were Graefe, Berlin, Arch. Ophthalmol. 1:71, 1929 An investigation of the sugar content of the ocular translated into Polish, Spanish, Chinese) Numerous scientific publications dealing with fluids under normal and abnormal conditions, and the physiological aspects of ophthalmology and ocu glycolytic activity of the tissues of the eye. Trans. Am. Ophthalmol. Soc. 28:307, 1930 lar motility Consulting Editor, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF O P H THALMOLOGY, 1960-1965
JANUARY, 1975
NUMBER 1
FRANCIS HEED ADLER, M.D. On February 4, Francis Heed Adler will mark the 80th anniversary of his birth. The directors of Ophthalmic Publishing Com pany and the Editorial Board of the A M E R I CAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, extend to him warmest congratulations and every good wish on behalf of themselves, his many friends, colleagues, associates, and former students all over the world. They salute his great contributions to the life, vigor, and in tegrity of American ophthalmology through his unstinting service to it as a teacher, clinician, author, scientist, and executive. Dr. Adler retired as the William F. Norris and George E. deSchweinitz Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsyl vania some 15 years ago. He then began a sec ond career in guiding the American Board of Ophthalmology through major changes in its methods of examinations and in its relation ship to other American boards. He provided refreshing purviews and innovative leadership in guiding the American Board. Various aspects of his career are well known but there is likely no single individual who knows all of his cultural and scientific accomplishments. To Philadelphians he is honored and respected not only as a profes sor at the University of Pennsylvania, but as a skilled musician, for years chairman of the Board of the New School of Music, and a trustee of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Many ophthalmologists have been guided into the beauties of ocular form and function through his magnificent "Physiology of the Eye. Clinical Application." which went through four editions before being taken over by Robert A. Moses. Thousands of physicians' introduction to ophthalmology was through his "Gifford's Textbook of
Ophthalmology," now written by Daniel Albert and Harold Scheie. From 1949 to 1960 he edited the Archives of Ophthalmology and among lasting stylistic changes established the monthly reviews and an enlarged editorial board. He was among the first American scientists and editors to demand controlled studies, and led the Archives to new heights of scientific and literary excellence. After his retirement from the Archives, he joined the editorial staff of the JOURNAL as consulting editor and served until Derrick Vail retired. It is not the purpose of these tributes from members of the American Board of Ophthal mology and the Editorial Board of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
to extol the literary, scientific, and medical achievements of Francis Adler. This was done in a special issue of the JOURNAL at the time he became emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Am. J. Ophthalmol. 50:1024, 1960). Rather, it is the wish of some of us, who have had the good fortune to be closely associated with him, to demonstrate our admiration for him and to indicate publicly that we are better persons and our patients, students, and friends fare better because we have had the opportunity to know him. FRANK W. NEWELL
CURRICULUM VITAE OF FRANCIS H E E D ADLER Born: Feb. 4, 1895, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Education : B.A. University of Pennsylvania, 1916 M.S. University of Pennsylvania, 1918 M.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1919
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Post-Graduate Education: Rotating Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1919-1921 Experience: Research in General Physiology, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, summers of 1915-17, inclusive Assistant Instructor, Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1921-1927 Doctor George deSchweinitz's Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1921-1927 Assistant Surgeon, Doctor Benjamin F. Baer's Clinic, Wills Eye Hospital, 1927-1933 Attending Surgeon, Wills Eye Hospital, 1933-1937 Appointed Chairman of the Department and the William F. Morris and George E. deSchweinitz Professor of Ophthalmology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Medical School, 1937-1960 Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Hospital, 1960Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1929 Appointments : Consulting Surgeon, Wills Eye Hospital, 1937Consulting Ophthalmologist, Children's Hospital, 1960Editorships: Associate Editor, AMA Archives of Ophthal mology, 1929-1950 Editor-in-Chief, AMA Archives of Ophthalmol ogy, 1950-1960
JANUARY, 1975
Honorary Lectureships: First Gifford Lecturer Edward Jackson Lecturer Bedell Lecturer deSchweinitz Lecturer Honors and Awards : Sigma Xi, University of Pennsylvania Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Pennsylvania Medical School Howe Medal, American Ophthalmological Society, 1951 Medal in Ophthalmology, American Medical As sociation, 1959 Lucian Howe Medal, University of Buffalo, 1960 Proctor Medal, The Association for Research in Ophthalmology, 1967 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Penn sylvania Francis Heed Adler Issue of the AMERICAN JOUR NAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, December 1960
American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Distinguished Service Award, October 1974 Military Service: World War I : Private, United States Student Army Training Corps, 1918-1919 World War I I : Consultant, Chemical Warfare Service, primary responsibility: research on ef fects of war gasses on eyes under OSRD con tracts, 1941-1945
PUBLICATIONS OF FRANCIS HEED ADLER
Carcinoma of the pancreas with ulcération into the gastro-intestinal tract. J.A.M.A. 76:158, 1921 Memberships : The action of atropine in ocular inflammations. Arch. Ophthalmol. 55:484, 1923 American Board of Ophthalmology, 1950-1957 The tonic effect of the sympathetic on the ocular Chairman, 1955 Consultant to American Board of Ophthalmology, blood vessels (with E. M. Landis and C. L. Jackson). Arch. Ophthalmol. 53: 1924 1957-1965 The local control of the ocular circulation. Arch. Secretary-Treasurer, American Board of Ophthal Ophthalmol. 53:1, 1924 mology, 1965Demonstration of normal and abnormal pupillary College of Physicians of Philadelphia American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto- reflexes. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 8:4, 1925 laryngology, President in 1969 Studies on the protein content of aqueous humor American Ophthalmological Society 1930-, Presi (with E. M. Landis). Arch. Ophthalmol. 54:265, dent in 1962 1925 American Medical Association, Chairman Section Pupilloscopic findings in lesions in different parts on Ophthalmology, 1952-1953 of the reflex arc. Arch. Ophthalmol. 55:262, 1926 The action of atropine in ocular inflammations. Fellow of American College of Surgeons Arch. Ophthalmol. 55 :1926 French Ophthalmological Society Trustee, Free Library of Philadelphia Ocular disorders in deficiency diseases. Arch. Oph Publications: thalmol. 56:493, 1927 Physiology of the Eye, MacMillan Company, 1933 A comparative study of the role of pigment in the Physiology of the Eye. Clinical Applications, physiology of vision. Arch. Ophthalmol. 57:346, 1928 Mosby and Co., 1950, 1953, 1959,1965 (four edi The entoptic visibility of the capillary circulation tions) in the retina. Arch. Ophthalmol. 1:91, 1929 Iridectomy in glaucoma, Translation from A. von Textbook of Ophthalmology, Saunders and Com pany, 1947 (editions 4-7) (these books were Graefe, Berlin, Arch. Ophthalmol. 1:71, 1929 An investigation of the sugar content of the ocular translated into Polish, Spanish, Chinese) Numerous scientific publications dealing with fluids under normal and abnormal conditions, and the physiological aspects of ophthalmology and ocu glycolytic activity of the tissues of the eye. Trans. Am. Ophthalmol. Soc. 28:307, 1930 lar motility Consulting Editor, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF O P H THALMOLOGY, 1960-1965