Theodor Axenfeld

Karl Theodor Paul Polycarp Axenfeld (* June 24, 1867 in Smyrna (now Izmir ), † July 29, 1930 ) was a German ophthalmologist and scientist.

Training

Axenfeld was the son of the Prussian consulate Pastor Julius Axenfeld (1834-1896, founder of the Otto -Kühne -Schule ) in Smyrna (Asia Minor) was born and grew up in Bad Godesberg. His younger brother Karl Theodor Georg Axenfeld (1869-1924) studied theology and went as a missionary in Africa, and after 1913 the Protestant missionary in Germany a name. Karl Theodor Paul Polycarp Axenfeld, however, studied medicine at the universities of Bonn, Marburg and Berlin, and in 1890 received his doctorate at the University of Marburg. In 1895 he habilitated in here with a work " On purulent metastatic ophthalmia ." A year later he became an assistant to Wilhelm Uhthoff (1853-1927) in Breslau and in 1897 director of the University Eye Clinic in Rostock.

Scientific Work

1901 took over Axenfeld the Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of Freiburg. He has published over 200 papers on all areas of ophthalmology, including many studies on glaucoma ( glaucoma), trachoma and disorders of the retina ( retina). He was particularly interested bacterial infections of the eye. 1909 published work textbook and atlas of ophthalmology (1909 ) became widespread. In the same year, the last band of the Wilhelm Kolle and August Paul issued by Aquarius Handbook of pathogenic micro- organisms ( Jena, 1903-1909 ) appeared. After the First World War, he wrote to Otto von Schjerning (1853-1921) a manual of medical experiences in the Great War 1914-1918 (Leipzig, 1921-1922 ). At the same time, he oversaw since 1899 as co-editor of the monthly sheets for clinical ophthalmology. Named after him, the " Axenfeld anomaly ", the " Axenfeld - Schürenberg syndrome ", the " Axenfeld -Rieger syndrome," diplobacterium ( Haemophilus lacunatus, " Morax - Axenfeld ") and the " Axenfeld - loop ".

Awards

1909 Axenfeld received the Albrecht von Graefe Medal of the German Ophthalmological Society, which he chaired in 1925 as president. 1929 American Ophthalmological Society honored him with the " Howe Medal". Since 1913 he was an honorary member of the fraternity Vandalia on the Loretto Freiburg.

Japan travel

In the spring of 1930 he undertook several months of travel for 8 " All-Japan Medical Congress" in Osaka. In Japan, he was received by many Japanese students and colleagues with great enthusiasm and visited tourist attractions in addition to a number of hospitals and universities. Shortly after returning home, he died.