Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Victor Morax (16March 1866 - 14 May 1935) was a French ophthalmologist who was born inMorges, Switzerland. He studied in Freiburg (Germany) and Paris, andfrom 1891 to 1903 he worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. From 1903to 1928 he was associated with the Hôpital Lariboisière, and in 1930became a member of the Académie de Médecine. While at the PasteurInstitute, Morax discovered the bacillus Moraxella lacunata, which isthe cause of chronic conjunctivitis. The disease is sometimes referredto as either 'Morax' disease' or as 'Axenfeld's conjunctivitis', namedafter German ophthalmologist Theodor Axenfeld (1867-1930), who made hisdiscovery of the bacillus during the same time period as did Morax.