Ernst Adolf Coccius

Ernst Adolf Coccius ( born September 19, 1825 Knauthain, † November 24, 1890 in Leipzig ) was a German ophthalmologist.

Life

Ernst Adolf Coccius studied in Leipzig, Prague and Paris medicine. In 1848 he received his doctorate with a work De morbis typhum sequentibus and then worked at the Leipzig eye clinic as an assistant Erich Friedrich Philipp ride. Coccius ' Habilitation took place in 1851, the appeals to associate professor in 1857 followed, the full professor in 1867. Starting this year was Coccius director of the eye clinic in Leipzig, a position he held until his death. He was succeeded by Hubert Sattler.

Honor

Coccius was elected in 1867 in the Leopoldina. Since 1938, a street named after him in Coccius ' birthplace Knauthain.

Works

• De morbis typhum sequentibus. Polz, Leipzig 1848. (Dissertation)
• About the nutrition of the cornea and the serum leading vessels in the human body. Müller, Leipzig, 1852.
• About the use of the ophthalmoscope network, giving a new instrument. Müller, Leipzig 1853.
• About the formation of glass skins in mind. Müller, Leipzig 1858.
• About glaucoma, inflammation, and the autopsy with the ophthalmoscope. Müller, Leipzig 1859.
• About the tissue and the inflammation of the human vitreous. Müller, Leipzig 1860.
• The mechanism of accommodation of the human eye: illustrated by observations in life. Teuber, Leipzig 1868.
• The sanatorium for poor eyes sick to Leipzig at the time of its fiftieth anniversary. Vogel, Leipzig 1870. ( With Theodore Williams)
• Ophthalmometia and voltage measurements on the affected eye. Leipzig 1872.
• The diagnosis of visual purple in life. Leipzig 1877.