Tag Archives: Arthur MacCallan

LSHTM Eye Health Collection

Posted on November 9, 2015 by

An exhibition by the International Centre of Eye Health (ICEH) is currently on display in the Keppel Street Foyer at the School. The primary focus of the exhibition is to raise awareness of the eye health research being conducted in … Continue reading →

Arthur Ferguson MacCallan, Ophthalmologist

Posted on November 9, 2015 by

A stroke of good fortune took ophthalmic surgeon Arthur Ferguson MacCallan (1872-1955) to Egypt in 1903. There he became a world authority on trachoma and established Egypt’s infrastructure of ophthalmic hospitals.  His Classification of Trachoma (1908) and pioneering work is … Continue reading →