title: Eisler and his pocket.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the original description of the anatomical structure referred to as "Eisler's pocket."
  
  
  METHODS
  Historical review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of published reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Contemporary reports cite a 1963 textbook by an American author as the source of the term "Eisler's pocket." The original description by Eisler appears in a multivolume manual of ophthalmology published in Germany in 1930.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Paul Eisler was a skilled anatomist who contributed to the extensive body of scholarly work originating in Germany in the early 20th century.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA. gbartley@mayo.edu
authors.forename: George B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Bartley
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Gerber
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*