August Wagenmann

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August Emil Ludwig Wagenmann (born April 5, 1863 in Göttingen , † August 12, 1955 in Heidelberg ) was a German ophthalmologist .

Life

August Wagenmann, son of the theologian Julius August Wagenmann , studied medicine at the Universities of Göttingen and Munich . Subsequently, he took up an assistant position at the Göttingen University Eye Clinic, which was headed by Theodor Leber . In 1888 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in ophthalmology, two years later he followed his teacher Theodor Leber to the University of Heidelberg .

In 1892 he accepted a chair for ophthalmology at the University of Jena , which he held until 1910. In the same year , Wagenmann , who had been appointed Privy Councilor , took over the chair and management of the clinic in Heidelberg, succeeding Theodor Leber, after he had previously rejected calls to Erlangen and Strasbourg . In 1935 he retired . A year later Wagenmann was honored with the honorary membership of the German Ophthalmological Society .

August Wagenmann - author of numerous scientific papers, especially in the field of pathological anatomy - received the Von Graefe Prize, created in memory of Albrecht von Graefe , for his experimental work on circulatory disorders in the choroid and retinal vessels .

Fonts (selection)

  • Contribution to the knowledge of circulatory disorders in the retinal vessels, 1897
  • Contribution to the knowledge of primer injuries to the eye, 1897
  • About two perforations of the eye membranes in case of iron splinter injuries, 1901
  • On the casuistry of foreign body injuries to the eye, 1901
  • The injuries of the eye: With consideration of the accident insurance, In: Volume 9, part 5 of the manual of the entire ophthalmology / Graefe-Saemisch, edition 2, Engelmann, 1913
  • Multiple neuromas of the eye and tongue. In: Ber Dtsch Opthalmol. Vol. 43, 1922, pp. 282-285.

literature

  • Julius Pagel : August Wagenmann In: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century . Berlin / Vienna 1901, column 1796.
  • Erich Seidel : August Wagenmann on his seventieth birthday. In: Clinical weekly. Vol. 12, 1933, H. 13, P. 527, doi: 10.1007 / BF01757062 .
  • Hermann Serr: August Wagenmann. In: Albrecht von Graefes archive for ophthalmology united with archive for ophthalmology. Vol. 157, 1955, p. 1 f., Doi: 10.1007 / BF00684718 .
  • Medical weekly. Vol. 10, 1955, H. 28-57, p. 836.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of honorary members of the German Ophthalmological Society. In: www.dog.org
personal data
SURNAME Wagenmann, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagenmann, August Emil Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1955
Place of death Heidelberg