Gullstrand
allvar
[ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (show ipa), 1862–1930, swedish oculist: n-bel prize in medicine 1911.
gullstrand gull·strand (gŭl’strānd’), allvar. 1862-1930.
swedish ophthalmologist. he won a 1911 n-bel prize for his study of the dioptrics of the human eye.
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