Justus Wilhelm Martin Radius (14 November 1797, in
Leipzig – 7 March 1884, in Leipzig) was a German
pathologist and
ophthalmologist
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.
He obtained his medical doctorate in Leipzig in 1821, then furthered his education in
Vienna,
Berlin,
London and
Paris. 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,
hygiene and
pharmacology
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.
[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 ]Johann Christian August Heinroth
Johann Christian August Heinroth (17 January 1773 – 26 October 1843) was a German physician who was the first to use the term psychosomatic
A somatic symptom disorder, formerly known as a somatoform disorder,(2013) , he was given additional duties as a "part-time chair" of psychiatry. From 1829 to 1861, he was director of the ''Medizinischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig''.[
In 1887 a new building for the Leipzig Conservatory 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
Johann Christian August Clarus (5 November 1774, Buch am Forst near Coburg – 13 July 1854, Leipzig) was a German anatomist and surgeon.
In 1798 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Leipzig, where from 1803 to 1820, he serve ...
) - Contribution to practical medicine.
* ''Handwörterbuch der Chirurgie und Augenheilkunde'', six volumes, Leipzig 1836–1840 (with Wilhelm Walther and Michael Jaeger) - Dictionary
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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.[
]
References
External links
WorldCat Identities
List of published works by Radius.
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1797 births
1884 deaths
Physicians from Leipzig
Leipzig University alumni
Leipzig University faculty
German pathologists
German ophthalmologists