title: [Theodor Karol Ballaban (1866-1946)--an ophthalmologist and a brigadier general of the Polish Army].
abstract: Theodor Ballaban was born in 1866 and died in 1941. He was distinguished Polish ophthalmologist, a brigadier general with a degree of doctor of medical sciences obtained in Lviv, a social worker and the author of many works on ophthalmology. His son--Karol, who was an ophthalmologist, too, was murdered in Katyn in 1940. Theodor Ballaban described a medical case of central retinal vein occlusion, emphasizing that lack of spontaneous venous pulsation is a core sign of occlusion. Subsequent research confirmed this fact. The subjects of his other works were neuro-ophthalmology, ocular anatomy and ocular disease treatment methods.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzybowski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazało
authors.forename: Mateusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paluch
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rekas
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history*