Albert Mooren

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Albert Mooren

Albert Clemens Maria Hubert Mooren (born July 26, 1828 in Oedt ; †  December 31, 1899 in Düsseldorf ) was an ophthalmologist , secret medical adviser , professor and director of the city's eye clinic in Düsseldorf.

School and education

After attending the Thomaeum grammar school in Kempen and the Marzelle grammar school in Cologne , he passed the school leaving examination in 1850. After initial studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn , he moved to Berlin in 1853 and continued his studies there. In 1853 he was a founding member of the Catholic Reading Association, now KStV Askania-Burgundia in Berlin, the founding corporation of the KV . Mooren received his doctorate in 1854 and, at the suggestion of his teacher Albrecht von Graefe, began studying ophthalmology . At the beginning of 1855 he received his license to practice medicine , surgeon and obstetrician.

Act as a doctor

Grave site of the Dr. Albert Mooren, Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf
Memorial plaque at the Albert Mooren Fountain in Düsseldorf

After obtaining his license to practice medicine, Mooren initially worked as Graefes 'assistant in Berlin, until he returned to his home country in October 1855 on the advice of his teacher to open a practice in his parents' house in Oedt. He soon made a name for himself with particularly skillfully executed eye operations. His patients came not only from the Rhineland, but also from the neighboring countries of Holland, Belgium and France. According to his own information, Albert Mooren had over 2000 patients a year. In 1897, in the foreword to one of his books, Albert Mooren looked back on his forty-year career as an ophthalmologist and wrote that he had treated 143,204 different patients and performed 23,337 major operations .

Soon Albert Mooren was able to treat the poor and residents of Oedt free of charge because of the good income from the treatment of wealthy patients. He also took on the role of a poor doctor, although he actually didn't need it.

In 1862 the first eye clinic was opened in Düsseldorf at Ratinger Strasse 11 and 13 next to the former Palais Spinrath No. 15. Mooren was won over as head of this clinic and moved from Oedt to Düsseldorf. At the same time he worked from 1868 to 1878 as a consultant ophthalmologist and surgeon at the Institut Ophthalmologique in Liège. He performed between 600 and 800 major operations annually and was considered the founder of "modern ophthalmology ". In 1865, under Moore's direction, the Düsseldorf Eye Clinic formed the fifth largest European eye center after London, Moscow, Birmingham and Paris. The eye clinic, run by Mooren, is considered to pave the way for the opening of the Medical Academy in 1907, which later led to the establishment of the Düsseldorf University Medical Center. In 1880 the hundred thousandth patient cared for by Moors was celebrated with a torchlight procession by the citizens. In 1883, Mooren resigned as head of the Düsseldorf Eye Clinic for health reasons.

He practiced in the ophthalmological department of the Kreuzschwestern monastery in the Theresienhospital Altestadt until the summer of 1888 , when he only treated privately in his house at Kaiserstraße 46 because of the consequences of malaria that he contracted on a lecture tour to the United States . In 1895, Mooren was appointed professor, having previously received the honorary title of secret medical advisor. At the celebrations for his 70th birthday, he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Düsseldorf.

In the last days of 1899 Albert Mooren suffered a stroke and died on the morning of December 31, 1899. He was buried on January 3, 1900 in a grave of honor in the Düsseldorf North Cemetery.

In an obituary, the "General-Anzeiger für Düsseldorf und Umland" wrote on January 3, 1900 about Albert Mooren:

Our city has lost one of the most famous citizens in him, science, especially ophthalmology, one of its most outstanding disciples. Privy Councilor Mooren had a European reputation as an ophthalmologist, which he owed both to his practical experience and to his literary activity in his special field. He came from Oedt, attended high school in Cologne and the universities of Bonn and Berlin, where he was one of the best students of the famous ophthalmologist Graefe. After completing his studies, he settled in his place of birth, but moved to Düsseldorf after a few years. Here he was appointed head of the city's ophthalmic institute in 1862. Bogs suffered particularly numerous diseases that required surgical interventions. His book on the visual disturbances and compensation claims of the workers can be traced back to Moore's diverse occupation with accident-injured eye patients from the working class. Of interest is the introduction in which Mooren describes the changes that have taken place in the relationship between employers and employees in the Rhenish industrial district over the past three decades. In addition to his reputation as an ophthalmologist, his fame as a person is equally great; he was a noble, honest character and had a warm heart for the poor and needy. He has been a benefactor to innumerable people.

Albert Mooren has emerged as a generous sponsor of art, science and the church. For example, he donated the 30-hectare beguinage in Kamp (today Kamp-LIntfort ) to the Episcopal See in Münster to establish a parish. He is one of the founding members of the Düsseldorf Doctors' Association and the support fund for doctors in need. He set up three of his own “Mooren foundations” for the benefit of the Düsseldorf Artists' Association and “for the education of poor blind children”. Mooren donated his library to the Düsseldorf Medical Association, whose library holdings were later taken over by the University and State Library of Düsseldorf .

family

Albert Mooren married in Ahaus Carolina Maria Theodora Oldenkott (* 1841). The marriage had ten children. The daughter Hedwig (* 1871) married Theodor von Guérard , later Reich Minister , in 1891 . The daughter Leonie was the wife of the later Cologne Attorney General Otto Rust . Albert Moore's brother was Theodor Moore, a member of the Reichstag .

Honors (selection)

Locations named after Albert Mooren

  • Moorenstrasse in Düsseldorf, named in 1908.
  • Moorenstrasse in Essen
  • Monument on Moorenplatz in Düsseldorf, unveiling on October 22, 1910.
  • Albert Mooren Fountain in Düsseldorf, created in 1910 by the sculptor Joseph Hammerschmidt . The fountain has a bronze plaque with a portrait of Albert Moore.
  • The Albert-Mooren-Allee and the Albert-Mooren-Halle (1975) in the birthplace of Oedt .

Works

  • On retinitis pigmentosa. Düsseldorf 1858.
  • The impaired conduction of tears. 1858.
  • The reduced dangers of corneal suppuration in cataract extraction. Berlin 1862.
  • Treatment of conjunctival diseases. Düsseldorf 1865.
  • Ophthalmic Observations. Hirschwald, Berlin 1867.
  • About sympathetic facial disorders. Düsseldorf 1869.
  • Ophthalmological reports from 1873. Hirschwald, Berlin 1873.
  • Facial disorders and uterine disorders. 1881.
  • On the pathogenesis of facial sympathetic disorders. 1881.
  • Five lusts of ophthalmic activity. Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1882.
  • Skin influences and facial disorders. 1884.
  • Some remarks on the development of glaucoma. 1884.
  • The visual disturbances and compensation claims of the workers. 1891.
  • The indications of the cataract discission. 1893.
  • The surgical treatment of naturally and artificially matured cataracts. 1894.
  • The medical and operative treatment of myopic disorders. Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1897.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/zeitbrett/Zeitzeile-VI.shtml
  2. ↑ Municipal Eye Clinic (Ratingerstr. 11 and 13): Dr. Mooren, doctor in charge, compiled in the address book of the Lord Mayor's Office of Düsseldorf on July 1, 1863. II. Public authorities, private companies, associations., P. 164
  3. ^ A. Graefe: Obituary Albert Mooren . In: Dt. Medical weekly 1900 . No. 2 , p. 44 .
  4. ↑ Jürgen Hoß: Albert Mooren. An ophthalmologist in the 19th century . Triltsch, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 163 (dissertation, University of Düsseldorf, 1980).
  5. ↑ Jürgen Hoß: Albert Mooren. An ophthalmologist in the 19th century . Triltsch, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 164 (dissertation, University of Düsseldorf, 1980).
  6. ↑ http://www.uniklinik-duesseldorf.de/fileadmin/Datenpool/einrichtungen/unternehmen_id2/daten/ukdialog10_web.pdf
  7. ↑ Moors, Go. Medical Councilor, speaking in the Hospital of the Sisters of the Cross, Stiftspl. 13 8-10, Kaiserstr. 46 10 1 / 2–1 , in the address book of the Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf for 1888., p. 211
  8. ^ A. Graefe: Obituary Albert Mooren . In: Dt. Medical weekly 1900 . No. 2 , p. 44 .
  9. ↑ Mooren, A., Go. Sanitation Council, Dr. med., conductor. of the municipal eye clinic, Kaiserstr. 46 , in the address book of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf for 1879, p. 105
  10. ↑ http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtgruen/friedhoefe/map/nord.shtml
  11. ↑ J. Hoß: Albert Mooren - An ophthalmologist in the 19th century . Ed .: Schadewaldt. Triltsch Verlag, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 87 .
  12. ↑ J. Hoß: Albert Mooren - An ophthalmologist in the 19th century . Ed .: Schadewaldt. Triltsch Verlag edition. Triltsch Verlag, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 87 .
  13. ^ Archives in North Rhine-Westphalia (website): Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf (keyword Mooren - foundations). NRW, accessed on December 12, 2019 .
  14. ^ Historical libraries. Accessed on March 15, 2018 : “The titles can be researched and ordered in the search portal. Signature: AERVER "
  15. ↑ Jürgen Hoß: Albert Mooren. An ophthalmologist in the 19th century . Triltsch, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 83 (Dissertation, University of Düsseldorf, 1980).
  16. ↑ Jürgen Hoß: Albert Mooren. An ophthalmologist in the 19th century . Triltsch, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 92 (dissertation, University of Düsseldorf, 1980).
  17. ↑ http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/daten/Ju2008.shtml
  18. ↑ http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/chronik/1910.shtml
  19. ↑ Entry in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
  20. ↑ http://www.albert-mooren-halle.de/
personal data
SURNAME Mooren, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mooren, Albert Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Oedt
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1899
Place of death Dusseldorf