Dode Emken Müller

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Dode Emken Müller (born February 17, 1822 in Hohenkirchen , † January 19, 1896 in Oldenburg ) was a German military and ophthalmologist .

life and career

Müller was born as the son of the farm owner Emken Müller and his wife. Christians born. He attended the Mariengymnasium in Jever and from 1844 studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen , Würzburg and Gießen . There he also received his doctorate and continued his education in 1846 at various clinics in Zurich .

In 1848 he became a military doctor in Oldenburg and an assistant doctor at the Peter Friedrich Ludwigs Hospital there . In the next few years he went through the military ranks up to the senior staff doctor . In addition, he worked in the hospital and also ran a private practice. In 1851 he was temporarily in the the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg belonging Principality of Birkenfeld drafted.

Müller was progressive and completed special training in ophthalmology, which at that time was developing into a modern medical science. From 1854 he took several surgical courses with Professor Albrecht von Graefe in Berlin . Müller was thus familiar with the most modern treatment techniques of his time and was able to carry out field corrections using optical glasses. He then concentrated almost exclusively on ophthalmology and thus became the first ophthalmologist with modern training in northwest Germany . But Müller was also involved in other medical fields. This was shown by his work as an employee of Graefes Archive for Ophthalmology and as co-editor of the correspondence sheet for doctors and pharmacists in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg . In 1867 he was appointed chief physician of the military department of the Peter Friedrich Ludwigs Hospital , but lost the position after his return from the Franco-Prussian War in 1873. It was not until 1881 that he found a new military job in the new military hospital on Willersstrasse in Oldenburg.

From 1873 he was also the personal physician of the grand ducal family. In 1894 he was promoted to the Prussian general physician 2nd class and retired. When the Evangelical Hospital in Oldenburg was founded, he again took over the position of chief physician there , but died in 1896 of sudden heart failure during a visit.

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personal data
SURNAME Müller, Dode Emken
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenkirchen (Wangerland)
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1896
Place of death Oldenburg