Vincenz Fukala aka Wincenty Fukała was born into a Polish family in present-day Zhovkva in Ukraine on January 2, 1847.
[2] Studying medicine in University of Vienna, Fukala specialized in ophthalmology under Austrian ophthalmologist Carl Ferdinand von Arlt.
[3] Fucala advised clear lens extraction in young high myopic (−13 diopters or more) patients with poor vision and inability to work.
[2] After successful reports of Fukala's surgical method, ophthalmologists from many European countries performed this operation to treat highly myopic patients.
[2] At an ophthalmology meeting in Edinburgh in 1894, Donders even argued that his method would be a "punishable presumption" and that patients would lose their accommodation completely, however, Fukala noted these arguments were just theoretical.