Johann Christian Jüngken

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Johann Christian Jüngken, 1867. Graphic by Hermann Scherenberg based on a photo by Jamrath.

Johann Christian Jüngken (born June 12, 1793 in Burg near Magdeburg , † September 9, 1875 in Hanover ) was a German surgeon , ophthalmologist and university professor .

Life

Jüngken completed his habilitation in 1818 at the new Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . In 1834 he became professor of surgery and ophthalmology as well as director of the ophthalmological clinic and later the surgical clinic of the Charité in Berlin . He retired in 1868. Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben became his successor. He was a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge Zum Pilgrim .

Jüngken in addition Albrecht von Graefe and before the invention of the ophthalmoscope by Hermann von Helmholtz had an extraordinary reputation as an ophthalmologist and founded one of the first scientific nursing ophthalmology; Through the transformation that has taken place since then, most of the doctrines he advocated have, of course, been substantially changed.

Works

  • The Coreoneion. A contribution to artificial pupil formation. Leipzig 1818,
  • The teaching of eye operations. Berlin 1829,
  • The doctrine of eye diseases. Berlin 1832, 2nd edition 1836,
  • About the eye disease that prevails in the Belgian army. Berlin 1834,
  • On the use of chloroform in eye operations. Berlin 1850,
  • The eye diet, or the art of maintaining and improving eyesight. Berlin 1870,

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Jüngken, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist / surgeon and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle (near Magdeburg)
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1875
Place of death Hanover