Little known aspects of Jules Gonin’s life

Jules Gonin and the Nobel Prize: pioneer of retinal detachment surgery who almost received a Nobel Prize in medicine

“…The Nobel Prize Committee considered giving their award to Gonin. A questionnaire on Gonin’s work was sent to several ophthalmic authorities worldwide [ 3 ]. All replied favorably, with one exception, the prominent Alfred Vogt, one of the three describers of the Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease and famous for his gift of observation and his enormous working capacity, but also for his aggressive nature [ 4 ].…”