KAPLUNOVICH P.S. AND KATSNELSON A.B. AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREATMENT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRACHOMA EPIDEMIC
The article presents the biography of two outstanding ophthalmologists - Kaplunovich Peter Solomonovich and Katsnelson Alexander Borisovich. This paper describes their contribution to the development of ophthalmology in the Southern Urals: the foundation of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Chelyabinsk State Medical Institute and its leadership for many years. Thanks to their research, numerous experiences and huge practical work, healthcare managed to cope with the consequences of the trachoma epidemic in our country. And the innovative method for the treatment of xerophthalmia has taken a well-deserved place among the methods for correcting the pathology of lacrimation.