Carl Wilhelm von Zehender, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Wilhelm von Zehender

ophthalmologist (1819-1916)

Date of Birth: 21-May-1819

Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1916

Profession: university teacher, ophthalmologist

Nationality: Switzerland, German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Carl Wilhelm von Zehender (May 21, 1819 – December 19, 1916) was a German ophthalmologist born in Bremen. He studied medicine at the universities of Göttingen, Jena and Kiel, receiving his doctorate in 1845.
He studied ophthalmology in Paris as a pupil of Louis-Auguste Desmarres, then furthered his education in Prague, Vienna and Berlin.
He worked at an ophthalmic practice in Neustrelitz, and in 1862 was named a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Bern.
From 1866 to 1889 he was a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Rostock (rector 1875/76), then afterwards he relocated to Munich, where he remained until 1907.
He died in Rostock in 1916 at the age of 97.Zehender is considered a pioneer of ophthalmic microsurgery, as in 1886 he introduced the practice of using a compound binocular vision instrument for ophthalmologic examination.He was a founder and editor (1863-1899) of the ophthalmic journal Klinische Monatsblaetter fur Augenheilkunde, and was instrumental in the creation of the Heidelberger Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, which was predecessor to the Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft.