ESCRS - PP15.01 - Carl Wilhelm Von Zehender, A Pioneer In Ophthalmic Microsurgery, Founder And Editor Of “Klinische Monatsblaetter Fur Augenheilkunde”

Carl Wilhelm Von Zehender, A Pioneer In Ophthalmic Microsurgery, Founder And Editor Of “Klinische Monatsblaetter Fur Augenheilkunde”

Published 2022 - 40th Congress of the ESCRS

Reference: PP15.01 | Type: ESCRS 2022 - Posters | DOI: 10.82333/yjxb-jt66

Authors: Georgios Balanikas* 1 , Dimitrios Peirounides 1 , Foteinos Styllas 1 , Sophia Malliarou 1 , Nikolaos Makris 2 , Kostas Boboridis 3 , Dimitrios Christodoulou 4

1A' Ophthalmologic Clinic,AHEPA Hospital,Aristotle University ,THESSALONIKI,Greece, 2Ophthalmology,Ophthamiatreio,Athens,Greece, 3C' Ophthalmologic Clinic,Aristotle University ,Thessaloniki,Greece, 4Lboratory of History of Medicine,Medical School, Aristotle University,Thessaloniki,Greece

Purpose

Professor Carl Wilhelm v. Zehender, a descendant of a very ancient Swiss family, was born in Bremen, 21 May 1819. He studied medicine in Goettingen, Jena, Prague, Paris, and Vienna. During this period, he developed a lifelong friendship with Albrecht v. Graefe. In 1863 the first edition of "Klinische Monatsblaetter für Augenheilkunde" was published as a periodical. His life, education, science, and writings will unfold in this presentation

Setting

The facts took place in Bremen, Göttingen, Jena, Paris, Prague, Vienna, Berlin. This work was conceived and created in the A’ and C’ Ophthalmologic Clinic of AHEPA University Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Methods

Carl Wilhelm v. Zehender published in 1857 the "Correspondenzblatt für Aerzte im Grossherzoglichen Mecklenburg-Strelitz and in 1863 the first edition of "Klinische Monatsblaetter für Augenheilkunde" was published as a periodical. In the pages of this medical review, the evolution of Ophthalmology in Germany is here with the progress in the diagnosis and treatment of many ocular conditions. We used this collection and other sources for this presentation to compose the epoch, the environment, the personality, and his work of Carl Wilhelm von Zehender, the founder, and reformer of Ophthalmology in Germany.

Results

Carl Wilhelm von Zehender was a pioneer of German Ophthalmology and a great teacher. He established the Heidelberg Ophthalmological Society, and from the pages of "Klinische Monatsblaetter für Augenheilkunde" and practice in Rostock University, he educated a large number of young physicians. The author took some elements from Volume XXVII, published in Stuttgart by Verlag von Ferdinand Enke in 1889. This volume includes scientific announcements, news, examining methods, complications after surgical procedures, etc. The book also contains some plates to enrich the articles. There are anatomical engravings in the text and even a color lithographic plate of ophthalmoscopic findings

Conclusions

In the second half of the 19th century, Ophthalmology was established as a separate specialty in surgery. Carl Wilhelm von Zehender was a man who took the lead in this. His writings, practice, and experience were the foundations to support it. He worked hard to build the Ophthalmologic Clinic of Rostock University and was a founding member of the Heidelberg Ophthalmological Society. Von Zehender also invented two ophthalmoscopes in 1854 and an auto-ophthalmoscope in 1863, all of which bear his name. All these reveals the value and the inspiring route of Carl Wilhelm von Zehender in Medicine.