Johann Nepomuk von Ringseis (16 May 1785 – 22 May 1880) was a German physician born in Schwarzhofen,

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. He received his education at the

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, where he was a student of

Andreas Röschlaub Andreas Röschlaub (21 October 1768 – 7 July 1835) was a German physician born in Lichtenfels, Bavaria. He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Bamberg, gaining his doctorate at the latter institution in 1795. In 1798 he becam ...

(1768-1835). Afterwards he furthered his studies in

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(1812–1813) and

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(1814–1815), and in 1816 moved to

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as a personal physician to Crown Prince Ludwig. In 1818 he was appointed ''Medizinalrat'' (medical health officer) to the district of Isarkreis. In 1826 he became a professor at the Medical Faculty of the

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. Ringseis took a religious approach towards medicine, and believed that the origin of disease was rooted in " original sin". Among his written works was ''System der Medizin'', a publication involving his lectures on

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and

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. He died on 22 May 1880 in Munich.

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