Ernst Adolf Coccius

Ernst Adolf Coccius

Ernst Adolf Coccius (born September 19, 1825 in Knauthain , † November 24, 1890 in Leipzig ) was a German ophthalmologist .

Life

Ernst Adolf Coccius studied medicine in Leipzig , Prague and Paris . In 1848 he was with the work De morbis typhum sequentibus doctorate and was then at the Leipzig eye clinic as an assistant Friedrich Philipp ride Erich worked. Coccius' habilitation took place in 1851, the appointment as associate professor followed in 1857, that of full professor in 1867. From that year Coccius was director of the ophthalmic institute in Leipzig, a position he held until his death. Hubert Sattler was his successor .

Honor

Coccius was elected to the Leopoldina in 1867 . A street in Knauthain, where Coccius was born, has been named after him since 1938.

Works

• De morbis typhum sequentibus . Polz, Leipzig 1848. (Dissertation)
• About the nutrition of the cornea and the serum-carrying vessels in the human body . Müller, Leipzig 1852.
• About the use of the ophthalmoscope and a new instrument . Müller, Leipzig 1853.
• About the formation of new glass skins in the eye . Müller, Leipzig 1858.
• About glaucoma, inflammation and the autopsy with the ophthalmoscope . Müller, Leipzig 1859.
• About the tissue and inflammation of the human vitreous humor . Müller, Leipzig 1860.
• The mechanism of accommodation of the human eye: depicted after observations in life . Teuber, Leipzig 1868.
• The sanatorium for poor eye patients in Leipzig at the time of its 50th anniversary . Vogel, Leipzig 1870. (with Theodor Wilhelmi)
• Ophthalmometia and tension measurements on the diseased eye . Leipzig 1872.
• The diagnosis of visual purple in life . Leipzig 1877.

literature

• Wilhelm Haan : Ernst Adolph Coccius . In: Saxon Writer's Lexicon . Robert Schaefer's Verlag, Leipzig 1875, pp. 38-39.
• Julius Pagel :  Coccius, Ernst Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 501.
• Ernst Adolf Coccius . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 4, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 189.

Web links

• Ernst Adolf Coccius in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
• Overview of the lectures of Ernst Adolf Coccius at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1850 to winter semester 1890)