Philipp Franz von Walther

Philipp Franz von Walther ( born January 3, 1782 Burrweiler, Rhine Palatinate, † December 29, 1849 in Munich) was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist.

Life

Philipp Franz was born the second oldest child of his parents, Franz Joseph (1743-1811) and Margaret (1748-1823) by Walter in the Rhine Palatinate. At the age of 15 he began to study medicine in Heidelberg. In Vienna, he practiced at the ophthalmologist Georg Joseph Beer. In 1814 he married Antoinette Podewils ( 1792-1875 ). The couple had four children. From 1818 to 1830 he was professor of surgery and ophthalmology in Bonn. In 1820 he published the journal of surgery and ophthalmology with Carl Ferdinand von Graefe. In 1830 he became chief physician for surgery and ophthalmology in an urban hospital in Munich. From Walther physician to the Bavarian King Ludwig I, was between 1833 and 1852 was by Walther, a six -volume work on the surgery out and published in four volumes reports of eye diseases. From Walther considered as co-founder of the German scientific surgery and ophthalmology. His findings about the cause of eye disease Cataracts were groundbreaking.

Tomb

In the Old South Cemetery in Munich is the burial site of Philipp Franz von Walther.