Howard Christian Naffziger (1884–1961) was a reputed U.S. neurosurgeon, noted for his invention of the procedure, to alleviate intraocular pressure (that occurs in, e.g., goiter). Christian Jacob Naffziger had immigrated to the United States from Bavaria and settled in Nevada City, California, after a stint as a farmer in Illinois. He met and married Lizzie Scott Naffziger, with whom he had three children. Only one, Howard Christian Naffziger, born on May 6, 1884, survived into adulthood. Howard Christian Naffziger graduated at the top of his Nevada City High School class, and took one more year of secondary education at Berkeley High School. He enrolled at UC Berkeley in 1902, but dropped out to work at the Culbertson Mine, because his father died of a heart attack, and Howard was expect