Manuel Uribe Troncoso, Mexican / US ophthalmologist (Toluca 17 June 1876 – New York 21 January 1959)

Considered as world authority on eye physiology and diseases

Authored over 170 papers

Authored important studies about iridocorneal angle

First to study aqueous humor circulation in living animals and the influence of its chemical constitution

Described the basal layer of iris processes 

METHODS

Suggested new techniques for treatment of glaucoma

Described cyclodyalisis with implantation of magnesium

Cyclodyalisis with insertion of a metal implant in the treatment of glaucoma: A preliminary report. Arch. Ophth. 23:270-300, 1940

New methods of examination of the angle of the anterior chamber. Arch. Ophthal. 50:364, 1921

DEVELOPED

A monocular self-iluminating gonioscope (1925)

A binocular gonioscope (1942)

A binocular corneal microscope

A “demonstration eye” for refraction anomalies

An apparatus for measuring ocular anterior chamber angle

New model of schematic eye for skiascopy (retinoscopy) and ophthalmoscopy. Am. J. Ophthal. 5:436, 1922

A new model of contact glass for gonioscopy (goniolens). Am. J. Ophth. 28:1360, 1945