[T. I. Eroshevskii--founder of the Sarmarsk school of ophthalmology]

June 26 is the 100 anniversary of Professor T.I. Yeroshevsky--the Hero of socialist Work, the winner of the USSR State Premium, the correspondent of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, the Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR, the Honoured Citizen of Kuibyshev (nowdays--Samara) and Gurkovo of the Bulgarian National Republic. His talent sa a innovator in science, a brilliant teacher, a talented clinician and one of the best organizers was shown in the full during the Samara period of his life. The All-Russia conference of ophthalmologists, two Volga region conferences on glaucoma were held in Kuibyshev. T.I. Yeroshevsky took part in the work of international ophthalmologists congresses in Leipzig and Canada, Kabul and Prague, Cairo and Bagdad, Mexico City and Sofia. All this contributed to the popularity and authority of T.I. Yeroshevsky and the unique union of the ophthalmic hospital with a faculty and problem laboratory. It was the first specialised ophthalmic complex in Russian Federation. Being a remarkable teacher, He trained more than a thousand students--the future doctors. More than 70 doctoral and candidate thesis were carried out and defended under his guidance. T.I. Yerosevsky's scientific interests were very diverse. He started his way in science from the research of transplantation of cornea and he devoted to it his doctoral thesis. The study of primary glaucoma was very significant in his research work. His clinic was one of the first in this country to introduce the photocoagulation of retina. At the beginning of the 1980s it introduced the laser surgery and therapy of various eye diseases. Kuibyshev clinic was also one of the first to master cataract cryoextraction and soon it reached the best results in the world in this direction. The regional clinic ophthalmic hospital, the faculty and problem laboratory are scientific centre of this country, it can be proved by 15 digests of scientific works issued under T.I. Yeroshevsky's edition the republic congress and all-Union ophthalmologist conferences held since 1952. This remarkable tradition is kept nowadays.