Fuchs fuchs Fuch's and Fuchs'!

Sir,

I was illuminated to read the RCOphth eponymous lecture in the October issue of Eye.¹ However, I was disappointed that it compounds the confusion regarding the correct name of the condition. Although the disease is called “Fuchs dystrophy” for most of the article, there is at least one instance of “fuchs”. My experience is that one sees Fuch's all too often.

Fuchs' corneal endothelial dystrophy was named after the Austrian ophthalmologist Ernst Fuchs (1851–1930). As his name is “Fuchs” the apostrophe is after the s. The correct name of the disease is Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy and perhaps this should have been picked up in the editorial process. I am slightly sad that our national College publication needs to have grammar corrected by a foreigner!