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The Father of Lithuanian Ophthalmology – a Stern Gray-Haired Man Who Cured the Nation of Eye Diseases

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Physician, professor, patron of the blind, zealous promoter of the Lithuanian language and creator of medical terms – the activities of Petras Avižonis (1875–1939) hardly fit into the framework of one profession. However, the name of the doctor who became a legend of interwar Kaunas is today primarily associated with the beginning of Lithuanian ophthalmology. The facts of Petras Avižonis’ early biography correspond to a typical matrix of the int…
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Physician, professor, patron of the blind, zealous promoter of the Lithuanian language and creator of medical terms – the activities of Petras Avižonis (1875–1939) hardly fit into the framework of one profession. However, the name of the doctor who became a legend of interwar Kaunas is today primarily associated with the beginning of Lithuanian ophthalmology. The facts of Petras Avižonis’ early biography correspond to a typical matrix of the int…

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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lrytas.lt broke the news in Vilnius, Lithuania on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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