Justus Wilhelm Martin Radius (14 November 1797, in

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– 7 March 1884, in Leipzig) was a German

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and ophthalmologist. He obtained his medical doctorate in Leipzig in 1821, then furthered his education in

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and

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. In 1825 he became an associate professor for pathology in Leipzig, and in the meantime performed duties as a "free-lance" eye physician. In 1840 he was appointed professor of pathology,

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and pharmacology.Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig
(biographical sketch) In Leipzig, he also served as a physician at St. Georg Hospital (1825–53), and in 1843, following the death of

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, he was given additional duties as a "part-time chair" of

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. From 1829 to 1861, he was director of the ''Medizinischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig''. In 1887 a new building for the

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was constructed by way of a donation from Radius. In 1910, the ''Radiusstraße'', a thoroughfare in the Lindenau district of Leipzig, was named after him and his wife, Wilhelmine.Leipzig.de
Radiusstraße

Selected works

* ''Bemerkungen über den Salzbrunn und Altwasser'', Leipzig 1830 - Remarks on Salzbrunn and Altwasser. * ''Beiträge zur praktischen Heilkunde'', Leipzig 1834–1841 (with Johann Christian August Clarus) - Contribution to practical medicine. * ''Handwörterbuch der Chirurgie und Augenheilkunde'', six volumes, Leipzig 1836–1840 (with Wilhelm Walther and Michael Jaeger) - Dictionary of surgery and ophthalmic medicine. * ''Geschichtliche Skizze des Georgenhospitals als Heilanstalt'', Leipzig 1851 - Historical sketch of St. Georg Hospital and sanatorium. * "Scriptores ophthalmologici minores", Leipzig.

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List of published works by Radius. {{DEFAULTSORT:Radius, Justus 1797 births 1884 deaths Physicians from Leipzig Leipzig University alumni Leipzig University faculty German pathologists German ophthalmologists