DR. ERWIN TREU – PRVI STALNI OFTALMOLOG U SPLITU

Milan Ivanišević, Lovro Bojić, Kajo Bućan, Željko Kovačić

Sažetak. Dr. Erwin Treu (Kotor, 1875. – Skopje, 1937.) bio je prvi stalni oftalmolog u Splitu u Hrvatskoj. Specijalizaciju iz oftalmologije završio je u Očnoj klinici u Pragu 1900. g. kod W. P. Czermaka. Podrijetlom je iz Tirola. U Splitu je vodio i organizirao oftalmološku službu i radio je od 1902. do 1921. g. u splitskoj bolnici, a privatno do 1923. Od 1904. do 1910. g. povremeno je ordinirao izvan Splita, i to u Šibeniku, Zadru, Dubrovniku, Kotoru i Cetinju. Tijekom I. svjetskog rata bio je vojni liječnik u Splitu i Trogiru. Operirao je katarakte, glaukome (iridektomije), strabizme (tenotomije), očne adnekse, ozljede, trahom i dr. G. 1923. odlazi u Skopje gdje je najprije radio kao sanitetski major u vojnoj bolnici, a zatim kao primarijus u civilnoj bolnici na očnom odjelu do kraja života.

Summary. Dr. Erwin Treu (Kotor, 1875–Skopje, 1937) was the first permanent ophthalmologist in Split, Croatia. He finished his ophthalmological specialization at the Eye Clinic in Prague in 1900 at W.P. Czermak. He originates from Tirol. Dr. Treu led and organized ophthalmological service in Split and worked from 1902 to 1921 in the Split Hospital, and had a private practice until 1923. From 1904 to 1910 he temporarily worked outside Split, in Šibenik, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Kotor and Cetinje. During the First World War he was a military doctor in Split and Trogir. He performed ophthalmological ope¬rations, cataracts, glaucomas (iridectomy), strabismus (tenotomies), ocular adnexa, injuries, trachoma etc. In 1923 he left for Skopje where he at first worked as a medical major in Military Hospital, and after that as a primarius in Civil Hospital at the Department of Ophthalmology till the end of his life.