Julius von Michel (5 July 1843 – 29 September 1911) was a German

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born in Frankenthal. He studied at the Universities of

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and Zurich, and in 1866 served as a military physician in the

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. From 1868 to 1870 he was an assistant to Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886) at the University Eye Clinic in Zurich. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), he again served as a military doctor, and afterwards worked with

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(1844–1916) at Carl Ludwig's

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Institute in

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. In 1872 he earned his habilitation in Leipzig, and subsequently became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Erlangen, where in 1874 he gained a full professorship. In 1879 he was named successor to

Robert von Welz Robert von Welz (15 December 1814, in Kelheim – 12 November 1878, in Würzburg) was a German physician and ophthalmologist. From 1832 he studied sciences and medicine at the University of Würzburg, receiving his medical doctorate in 1838. For ...

at the ophthalmology clinic in

, and later on, he was a replacement for

Karl Ernst Theodor Schweigger Karl Ernst Theodor Schweigger (28 October 1830 – 24 August 1905) was a German ophthalmologist who was a native of Halle an der Saale. He was the son of scientist Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger (1779–1857), inventor of an early galvan ...

at the

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(1900). Michel is remembered for work involving

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of the eye, and his pioneer research of

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occlusion.Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
"Obstrucción de la vena central de la retina" Natarajan M, Abraham C, Badrinath SS Among his written efforts are ''Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde'' (Textbook of ophthalmology, 1890) and ''Klinischer Leitfaden der Augenheilkunde'' (Guide to clinical ophthalmology). With Hermann Kuhnt (1850–1925), he founded the journal ''Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde''.

References

Pagel: Biographical Dictionary outstanding physicians of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna, 1901, 1134-1135 Sp.
Pagel Biographical Dictionary (biography).
Rare Books Ltd Harteveld
{{DEFAULTSORT:Michel, Julius Von 1843 births 1911 deaths People from Frankenthal German ophthalmologists Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of the University of Würzburg People from the Palatinate (region)