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'''Ignacio Barraquer''' (March 25, 1884 – May 13, 1965) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[ophthalmologist]] known for his contributions to the advancement of [[cataract surgery]].<ref name="Who">[http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2983.html whonamedit.com]</ref> Barraquer was born in [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]].<ref>[http://www.mrcophth.com/ophthalmologyonstamps/famousophthalmologists/b.html Famous ophthalmoloigsts on stamps<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  He was the father of [[Jose Barraquer]], an ophthalmologist known to many as "the father of modern refractive surgery".<ref name="Who"/>

'''Ignacio Barraquer Barraquer''' received his medical doctorate in 1908 in Barcelona, and upon his [[Jose Antonio Barraquer Rivalta|father's]] retirement, was appointed Acting Professor of Ophthalmology at  the School of Medicine, held until 1923.<ref name="Who"/>  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.<ref name="Who"/>

Among his other achievements, Barraquer also founded, planned, and designed the '''[[Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer]]'''. 

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