Editing Ophthalmology (section)

===Ophthalmic surgery in The United Kingdom===
The first ophthalmic surgeon in the UK was [[John Freke (surgeon)|John Freke]], appointed to the position by the governors of [[St. Bartholomew's Hospital]] in 1727. A major breakthrough came with the appointment of Baron de Wenzel (1724–90), a German who became the oculist to [[King George III]] of Great Britain in 1772. His skill at removing cataracts legitimized the field.<ref name="wyman">{{cite journal | author = Wyman A.L. | year = 1991 | title = Baron De Wenzel, Oculist to King George III: His Impact on British Ophthalmologists | journal = Medical History | volume = 35 | issue = 1| pages = 78–88 | doi=10.1017/s0025727300053138| pmid = 2008123 | pmc = 1036270}}</ref> The first dedicated ophthalmic hospital opened in 1805 in London; it is now called [[Moorfields Eye Hospital]].  Clinical developments at Moorfields and the founding of the Institute of Ophthalmology (now part of the [[University College London]]) by [[Stewart Duke-Elder|Sir Stewart Duke-Elder]] established the site as the largest eye hospital in the world and a nexus for ophthalmic research.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Davidson Luke | year = 1996 | title = 'Identities Ascertained': British Ophthalmology in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century | journal = Social History of Medicine | volume = 9 | issue = 3| pages = 313–333 | doi=10.1093/shm/9.3.313| pmid = 11618725 }}</ref>