Ignaz von Peczely (January 26, 1826 – July 14, 1911) was a
Hungarian scientist
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,
physician
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,
homeopath
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, considered the father of modern
iridology
Iridology (also known as iridodiagnosisCline D; Hofstetter HW; Griffin JR. ''Dictionary of Visual Science''. 4th ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 1997. or iridiagnosis) is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns ...
.
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] Von Peczely first thought of iridology when caring for an owl with a broken leg. After noticing a spot in the owl's
eye he hypothesized a link between the two
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] and later tested this theory with other animals and people. While iridology has been largely dismissed as
pseudoscience
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, his research led to the first known accurate drawing of an iris.
Works
* ''A szivárványhártyáról''. (Iris). Bpest, 1873. Táblarajzzal.
* ''Entdeckungen auf dem Gebiete der Natur- und der Heilkunde. Die chronischen Krankheiten. 1. Heft: Anleitung zum Studium der Diagnose aus den Augen''. Budapest, 1880
* ''Utasitás a bujakór gyökeres gyógyítására és gyógyszereim mikénti használatára''. U. ott, 1883.
* ''Die Lungenschwindsucht und behufs Bewahrung vor derselben. Instruction zur gründlichen Heilung der acuten und chronischen Lungencatarrhe''. Budapest: E. Bartalits, 1884
* ''A fertőzés szomorú következményeinek kikerülhetése tekintetéből felvilágositás: az ivarszervek élettani állapotáról''. U. ott, 1885.
* ''Die Augendiagnose des Dr. Ignacz von Péczely nach eigenen Beobachtungen von Emil Schlegel''. Tübingen, 1887. Hat fametszettel s egy színes táblarajzzal.
* ''Om ögondiagnosen och en rationel sjukdomsbehandling efter Dr. Ignacz Péczely, af N. Liljequist''. Stockholm, 1893.
See also
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Iridology
Iridology (also known as iridodiagnosisCline D; Hofstetter HW; Griffin JR. ''Dictionary of Visual Science''. 4th ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 1997. or iridiagnosis) is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns ...
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Nils Liljequist
Nils Liljequist (1851–1936)
was a Swedish priest,
healer, doctor, and one of the fathers of iridology.
After treatment with iodine and quinine, he noticed many differences in the color of his iris.
Growing up, he studied medicine and homeopa ...
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1826 births
1911 deaths
19th-century Hungarian physicians
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