Juan Santos Fernandez Hernandez, Cuban ophthalmologist (Union de los Reyes, Matanzas Province 22 July 1847 – La Habana 06 August 1922)
Authored over 2000 scientific works and notes
Studied ocular pathologies as such as ocular complications of malaria, changes in eyeground due to toxic and infectious causes, ocular surgery with anesthetic application and trachoma and its epidemic variety
Proposed the utilization of eserine in cataract operation (1875)
First reported the temporal optic disc pallor considered pathognomonic of Cuban epidemic Neuropathy and tobacco and alcohol-related amblyopia (1875)
La ambliopia alcoholica en la Isla de Cuba y de un sintoma coadyuvante, no descrito para diagnosticarla (1876)
Successful method of extraction of congenital and traumatic cataract
Consideraciones generales sobre la extracción de las cataratas y descripción de um nuevo método operatório (1876)
HONORS
Honor Academic, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology American Academy
Honor Member, Societé Ophtalmologique Française de Paris
Honorary Member, University of Pennsylvania