Ass. Prof. Kurt Hühn- pioneer of Croatian ophthalmology

The late Kurt Hühn (Zagreb, 1875- Rijeka, 1963) was one of the most outstanding figures in the history of Croatian ophthalmology. From 1904 to 1940 he was the head of the Department for Eye Diseases of the Nuns' Hospital (Bolnica sestara milosrdnica) in Zagreb. Under his guidance, the department developed into the largest of the kind in the Balkans, and did not in any respect lag behind other eye departments in Europe. Dr Hühn was also a prominent public figure: organizer of postgraduate studies for physicians, president of the Croatian Chamber of Physicians, head of the Croatian Ophthalmological Society, and chairman of the Croatian Red Cross.