title: Robert E. Wright and the development of facial nerve akinesia.
abstract: The name of Auguste Van Lint is linked with the development of facial nerve akinesia for ophthalmic surgery. Less well known is Robert Ernest Wright (1884-1977) who described techniques to block the facial nerve in the same manner as later published by Atkinson and Nadbath. This paper reviews Wright's life as an ophthalmologist and ophthalmic bacteriologist and pathologist in British India, and his role in the evolution of facial nerve akinesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Feibel
mesh_terms: D005154:Facial Nerve; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007194:India; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000266:history*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom