Joseph Forlenze

Joseph Forlenze
Born(1757-02-03)3 February 1757
Picerno, Basilicata
Died22 July 1833(1833-07-22) (aged 76)
Paris, Île-de-France
Scientific career
FieldsOphthalmology
InstitutionsHôtel national des Invalides
Hôtel-Dieu

Joseph-Nicolas-Blaise Forlenze (born Giuseppe Nicolò Leonardo Biagio Forlenza, 3 February 1757 – 22 July 1833), was an Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon, considered one of the most important ophthalmologists between the 18th and the 19th century. He was mostly known in France under the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire, for his cataract surgery.

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