Kryukov Adrian

Kryukov Adrian Aleksandrovich (1849-1908), outstanding ophthalmologist. Graduated from the medical faculty of Moscow University in 1872. Received his ophthalmological education first under the guidance of the famous Moscow ophthalmologist M. M. Voinov, and then in Germany. In 1873, he defended his dissertation on "Objective Color Perception in the Peripheral Parts of the Retina" (M.). From 1886, K. was a privat-docent, and from 1892, an extraordinary professor and head of the eye department of the Novo-Yekaterininskaya (now clinical) hospital. In 1895, he was confirmed as a full professor and director of the eye clinic of the 1st Moscow State University. K. held this position until his death. K. was the founder and permanent chairman of the Moscow Ophthalmological Circle, which was later renamed the Society of Eye Physicians in Moscow. He was an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Ophthalmological Society and a full member of the German and French ophthalmological societies. K. left 38 works, of which the most important, which have not lost their significance even now, are his dissertation, which for the first time accurately established the boundaries of the color-perceiving part of the retina, then a work on the penetration of fluids through the cornea, and a series of reports on the pathological anatomy of the eye. Particularly famous is the "Course of Eye Diseases" compiled by K., which from 1892 went through 7 lifetime editions and 5 posthumous editions, revised by V. Odintsov (12th edition, M.-L., 1930). The vision testing tables compiled by K. are also widely used. A major contribution by K. to Russian ophthalmology was the publication, starting in 1904, of the "Vestnik Oftalmologii" (Herald of Ophthalmology), which had been published in Kyiv since 1884 and was later moved to Moscow. Under K.'s editorship, the journal greatly increased in volume, improved its external appearance, and gained great popularity among Russian ophthalmologists.