Ernst Franke (ophthalmologist)

Friedrich Adolf Ernst Franke (born January 6, 1856 in Filehne , † 1925 in Hamburg ) was a German ophthalmologist.

Life

Ernst Franke studied medicine at the University of Greifswald from 1874 to 1878. At the beginning of his studies he became a member of the Corps Guestfalia . After his doctorate as Dr. med. in 1878 he was an assistant doctor at the University Eye Clinic under Rudolf Schirmer from 1879 to 1880 . From 1881 to 1884 he was an assistant doctor and from 1884 an ophthalmologist in Hamburg, where he became the head of the eye department of the St. Georg Hospital . Of particular importance were his work on pemphigus and essential shrinkage of the conjunctiva , studies on infection and disinfection of eye washes and on the pathological anatomy of leprosy of the eyes .

Awards

Ernst Franke was awarded the title of professor. The Corps Guestfalia Greifswald made him an honorary member.

Fonts

• On the use of intestinal irrigations in typhoid fever, 1878
• Investigations into infection and disinfection of eye washes, 1891, 1893, 1897
• Treatment of the traumatic prolapse of the iris, 1892
• Investigations into the disinfection of the conjunctival sac, etc., 1893
• To the knowledge of tuberculosis of the conjunctiva, 1896
• Graft, of Skin and Mucosa on Conjunct., 1896
• Further studies on asepsis and antisepsis in ophthalmology, 1897
• On the pathological anatomy of leprosy of the eyes, 1900 (together with Delbanco)
• Pemphigus and essential conjunctival shrinkage, 1898
• On the pathological anatomy of leprosy of the eyes, 1900 (together with Delbanco)
• Ophthalmic Therapy, A Guide for Students and Physicians, 1924
• Ocular Therapeutics, 1925 (translation by Clarence Loeb)

literature

• Pagel: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century . Berlin, Vienna 1901, Col. 540-541. ( Permalink )
• Julius Hirschberg: History of Ophthalmology , Volume 6, 1918, p. 156

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 52 , 198