Theodor Axenfeld

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Theodor Axenfeld

Karl Theodor Paul Polycarpus Axenfeld (born June 24, 1867 in Smyrna (now İzmir), † July 29, 1930 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German ophthalmologist and scientist.

education

Theodor Axenfeld was born as the son of the Prussian consulate pastor Julius Axenfeld in Smyrna (Asia Minor) and grew up in Bad Godesberg . His younger brother Karl Theodor Georg Axenfeld (1869–1924) studied theology and made a name for himself as a missionary in Africa and, after 1913, in the Protestant mission in Germany. Karl Theodor Paul Polykarpus Axenfeld, on the other hand, studied medicine at the Universities of Bonn , Marburg and Berlin and received his doctorate from the University of Marburg in 1890 . In 1895 he completed his habilitation here with a thesis "On purulent metastatic ophthalmia". A year later he became Wilhelm Uhthoff's assistant(1853–1927) in Breslau and in 1897 director of the University Eye Clinic in Rostock .

Scientific work

In 1901 Axenfeld took over the chair for ophthalmology at the University of Freiburg . He has published over 200 papers on all aspects of ophthalmology, including many studies on glaucoma ( glaucoma ), for trachoma and disorders of the retina ( retina ). He was particularly interested in bacterial infections of the eye. The textbook and atlas of ophthalmology (1909) published in 1909 was widely used. In the same year, the last volume of the handbook of pathogenic microorganisms published with Wilhelm Kolle and August Paul von Wassermann (Jena, 1903–1909) was published. After the First World War , he and Otto von Schjerning (1853–1921) wrote a handbook of medical experience in the World War 1914–1918 (Leipzig, 1921–1922). At the same time, he has been co-editor of the clinical monthly sheets for ophthalmology since 1899 . The "Axenfeld anomaly", the "Axenfeld-Schürenberg syndrome", the "Axenfeld- Rieger syndrome ", a diplobacterium (Haemophilus lacunatus, " Morax -Axenfeld") and the "Axenfeld loop" are named after him .

In memory of Axenfeld, the Axenfeld Prize sponsored by Georg Thieme Verlag has been awarded every two years since 1938 . The award is given to work that was published for the first time in the journal Clinical Monthly Journal for Ophthalmology and that has made significant progress in the field of ophthalmology.

Awards

In 1909 Axenfeld received the Albrecht von Graefe Medal of the German Ophthalmological Society , of which he was President in 1925. In 1929 the American Ophthalmological Society honored him with the "Howe Medal". Since 1913 he was an honorary member of the Vandalia fraternity on the Loretto Freiburg.

Japan trip

In the spring of 1930 he went on a trip of several months to the 8th "All-Japanese Medical Congress" in Osaka. In Japan, he was received with great enthusiasm by many Japanese students and colleagues and, in addition to tourist attractions, he visited a number of clinics and universities. He died shortly after returning home.

literature

  • Ludwig Aschoff : In memoriam Theodor Axenfeld, 24 June 1867–29 July 1930 . In: Clinical monthly sheets for ophthalmology , Vol. 150 (1967), Issue 6, pp. 921-922.
  • Helmut Axenfeld (ed.): Theodor Axenfeld's letters and diary sheets from his trip to the 8th all-Japanese medical congress in Osaka . Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1932.
  • Edith Heischkel-Artelt :  Axenfeld, Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 471 ( digitized version ).
  • Günther Mackensen: Theodor Axenfeld - thoughts on the 50th anniversary of his death . In: Clinical monthly sheets for ophthalmology , Vol. 170 (1980), Issue 2, pp. 137-140.
  • Freiburg and Japanese Medicine: Travel Reports by Ludwig Aschoff, Theodor Axenfeld, Franz Büchner . Freiburg i. Br .: Falk Foundation, 1986.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Axenfeld Prize - Thieme Group - Awards and grants . In: Thieme . ( thieme.de [accessed on May 9, 2018]).
  2. ^ The Albrecht von Graefe Medal and its background
  3. ^ Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 48.
  4. ↑ The materials published by his son Helmut include letters, 25 illustrations, various speeches given in Japan, and materials for the funeral service held by his students in Osaka.
personal data
SURNAME Axenfeld, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Axenfeld, Karl Theodor Paul Polycarpus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH İzmir
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1930
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau