Ernst Adolf Coccius
Ernst Adolf Coccius (19 September 1825 – 24 November 1890) was a German
ophthalmologist who was a native of Knauthain, which today is part of the city of Leipzig
.
He studied medicine in Leipzig,
University of Leipzig
.
In 1853, Coccius provided the first description of
ophthalmoscope that was a modification of the device invented by Hermann von Helmholtz
(1821-1894).
His elder brother was the pianist and pedagogue Theodor Coccius (1824-1897).
Written works
- Über die Ernährungsweise der Hornhaut und die Serum führenden Gefässe im menschlichen Körper. Müller, Leipzig 1852.
- Ueber die Anwendung des Augenspiegels nebst Angabe eines neuen Instruments. (On the use of the ophthalmoscope, etc.) Müller, Leipzig 1853.
- Über die Neubildung von Glashäuten im Auge. Müller, Leipzig 1858.
- Ueber Glaucom, Entzündung und die Autopsie mit dem Augenspiegel. (On glaucoma, inflammation and the autopsy with the ophthalmoscope) Müller, Leipzig 1859
- Ueber das Gewebe und die Entzündung des menschlichen Glaskörpers. (On the tissue and the inflammation of the human vitreous) Müller, Leipzig 1860.
- Der Mechanismus der Accommodation des menschlichen Auges: nach Beobachtungen im Leben dargestellt. (The accommodationmechanism of the human eye, according to empirical observations); Teuber, Leipzig 1868.
- Die Heilanstalt für arme Augenkranke zu Leipzig zur Zeit ihres fünfzigjährigen Bestehens. Vogel, Leipzig 1870. (with Theodor Wilhelmi).
- Ophthalmometia und Spannungsmessungen am kranken Auge. Leipzig 1872.
- Die Diagnose des Sehpurpurs im Leben. (Diagnosis of visual purple); Leipzig 1877.
References
- Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
- 123 Eye Surgery How to Treat Retinal Detachment
- College of Optometrists Ophthalmoscopes
- ^ Julius Leopold Pagel: ADB:Coccius, Ernst Adolf In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 501.
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