Erich Zeiss

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Erich Zeiss (born January 6, 1894 in Dresden-Loschwitz , † March 30, 1975 in Wangen im Allgäu ) was a German ophthalmologist.

Career

As the grandson of the mechanic and entrepreneur Carl Zeiss , Erich Zeiss realized the surgical ambitions of his father Roderich Zeiss (1850-1919), who was no longer able to do so because of his war injuries of 1870/71.

Zeiss studied at the Universities of Zurich and Kiel between 1912 and 1923 , interrupted by his participation in the First World War as a volunteer . He began his ophthalmological training under Franz Schieck (1876–1941) and Clausen in Halle and received his doctorate in 1924 with a thesis on the development of glioma rosettes . In 1928 he moved to Ernst Hertel (1870–1943) in Leipzig , where he developed a projection co-ordimeter. From 1930 to 1932 he carried out extensive studies on the nystagmus of miners in the Ruhr area and Upper Silesia and completed his habilitation with the thesis Comparative underground studies on miners nystagmus . He undertook more than 150 underground trips. In 1935 he became senior physician from Schieck in Würzburg and in 1939 senior physician in Münster under Oswald Marchesani , until he had to go into military service.

After his return he headed the University Eye Clinic in Münster , in 1947 he became head of the Dortmund City Eye Clinic until he retired in 1960. He withdrew to the Lake Constance region and built up an archive about his grandfather. To celebrate the 150th birthday of Carl Zeiss , the biography and the family history were published.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • On the formation of the glioma rosettes. In: Graefes Arch Opht. 117, 1926, pp. 273-285.
  • The projection co-ordimeter. XIII. Boarding school Ophth. Kongr. (Ed.): Volume 27, 1932, pp. 733-734.
  • Comparative underground studies of miners nystagmus . Habilitation thesis. University of Leipzig, 1934.
  • Structure and mode of action of the human eye. In: Manual of lighting technology. Berlin 1938.
  • About lens changes on removed bovine lenses through the action of ultrasound. In: Graefes Arch Opht. 139, 1938, pp. 301-322.
  • The trembling eyes of the miners. In: Handbook of the entire occupational medicine. Volume II, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1961.
  • Erich Zeiss, Friedrich Zeiss: Court and University Mechanics Dr. hc Carl Zeiss, the founder of the optical workshop in Jena. A biographical study from the perspective of his time and his relatives. Clan association of the Zeiß family, 1966, no details.

Literature (selection)

  • Jean-Paul Wayenborgh (Ed.): IBBO. International Biography and Bibliography of Ophthalmologists and Vision Scientists. (= Hirschberg History of ophthalmology. The monographs. Vol. 7). Volume 2, Oostende, Belgium 2001.
  • K. Ullerich: Prof. Dr. Erich Zeiss passed away. In: Klin Mbl. 167, 1975, pp. 148-149.
  • Hans Remky : Erich Zeiss (1884–1975) - first inventor of non-contact tonometry. In: Klin Mbl. 196, 1990, pp. 182-185.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Volkmann: On the 50th anniversary of the death of Roderich Zeiss (February 23, 1850 - September 4, 1919) . In: Tradition: magazine for company history and entrepreneur biography . tape 14 , no. 6 . CH Beck, Munich 1969.
  2. ^ E. Zeiss: On the origin of the glioma rosettes . In: Graefes Arch Ophth . tape 117 , 1926, pp. 273 -285 .
  3. ^ E. Zeiss: Das Projektionskoordimeter . In: XIII. Boarding school Ophth. Kongr. (Ed.): Zbl. Ophth . tape 27 , 1932, p. 733-734 .
  4. ^ E. Zeiss: Comparative underground investigations on the miners nystagmus. Habilitation thesis . Leipzig 1934.
  5. ^ E. Zeiss, F. Zeiss: Hof- und Universitätsmechanikus Dr. hc Carl Zeiss, the founder of the optical workshop in Jena. A biographical study from the perspective of his time and his relatives . Ed .: Kinship of the Zeiss family. 1966.
personal data
SURNAME Zeiss, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden-Loschwitz
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1975
Place of death Wangen in the Allgäu