Bernhard Kayser

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Bernhard Kayser (born August 6, 1869 in Bremen , † May 11, 1954 in Stuttgart ) was a German ophthalmologist .

Life

Born in Bremen in 1869 Bernhard Kayser finished after high school , a study of medicine at the Universities of Tübingen and Berlin , which he in 1893 in Berlin with the acquisition of the academic degree of Dr. med. completed. Immediately thereafter, Kayser completed an internship in Tübingen before starting a position as an assistant doctor in Freiburg im Breisgau .

As a result, Kayser switched to the Norddeutscher Lloyd as a ship's doctor before practicing as a general practitioner in Brazil for 2.5 years. After returning to Germany, Kayser initially worked as a doctor in Bremen and Brandenburg. Kayser developed a special interest in ophthalmology and in 1903 specialized as an ophthalmologist. He went to Stuttgart, where he spent the rest of his life.

Kayser worked for many years as editor of the essay section of the clinical monthly sheets for ophthalmology, in which he also published some of his original works. Bernhard Kayser is considered one of the pioneers in the treatment of eye diseases in Stuttgart. In spite of his shy and reserved manner, he was the most renowned ophthalmologist in southern Germany at the time .

In 1902 - a year before his colleague Bruno Fleischer - Bernhard Kayser first described the Kayser-Fleischer corneal ring in the cornea in Wilson's disease, later named after them .

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  1. ↑ Kayser B .: About a case of congenital greenish discoloration of the cornea. In: Klin Mbl Augenheilk . tape 40 , 1902, pp. 22-25 .
personal data
SURNAME Kayser, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1954
Place of death Stuttgart