Theodor Saemisch

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Edwin Theodor Saemisch (born September 30, 1833 in Luckau in Niederlausitz , † September 29, 1909 in Bonn ) was a German ophthalmologist (ophthalmologist).

Life

Saemisch studied in Berlin and Würzburg . It was in 1858 at the University of Berlin Dr. med. PhD. Then he was assistant to Albrecht von Graefe in Berlin and Alexander Pagenstecher in Wiesbaden . The habilitation took place in 1862 for ophthalmology in Bonn .

In 1867 he became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Bonn . In 1873 he was appointed full professor and director of the university eye clinic. In 1883 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1892/93 he was rector of the university and retired in 1906. He first described the serpiginous corneal ulcer and gave an effective surgical treatment for it.

A short street in the center of what was then the parliament and government district in Bonn was named after Saemisch and was closed in 2006.

family

Saemisch was married to Sieglinde (Linda) Ranke (1848-1891). She was the daughter of Professor of Protestant Theology in Marburg Ernst Ranke and Theodora (Theoda, Oda) Nasse (1812-1860) from Halle, in turn, daughter of Professor Christian Friedrich Nasse (1778-1851). The couple had a son:

Saemisch's grave is in the Kessenicher Bergfriedhof .

  • Gravestone in the Kessenicher Bergfriedhof

Fonts

  • Clinical observations from the eye hospital in Wiesbaden . Together with Arnold Pagenstecher and Alexander Pagenstecher. Wiesbaden 1861–1862
  • Contributions to the normal and pathological anatomy of the eye . Leipzig 1862
  • Handbook of the entire ophthalmology . 7 volumes and index volume, Leipzig 1874–1877 (1880). As editor together with Alfred Graefe . The second edition comprises 15 volumes in around 37 sub-volumes. It contains u. a. the famous history of ophthalmology by Julius Hirschberg (Vol. 12–15 in 9 parts).
  • The ulcus corneae serpens and its therapy . A clinical study. Bonn 1870

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner E. Gerabek : Sämisch, Edwin Theodor. In: Werner E. Gerabek, Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , pp. 1280 f .; here: p. 1280.
  2. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Theodor Saemisch
  3. ↑ Saemischstraße in the Bonn street cadastre (→ list of streets in the Bonn district of Gronau )
personal data
SURNAME Saemisch, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saemisch, Edwin Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Luckau
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1909
Place of death Bonn