[2] He was the father of Jose Barraquer, also an ophthalmologist known for pioneering works in refractive surgery.[1] Ignacio Barraquer received his medical doctorate in 1908 in Barcelona, and upon his father's retirement, was appointed Acting Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, held until 1923.[1] He invented many surgical instruments and procedures involving cataract surgery, many of which are named after him; some among them the suction cup that extracts cataracts, and the fine-tunable vacuum-producing apparatus which allowed the removal of the crystalline lens.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This Catalan biographical article is a stub.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This biographical article related to medicine in Spain is a stub.
