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Edwin Theodor Saemisch (30 September 1833, Luckau – 29 September 1909, Bonn) was a German ophthalmologist born in Luckau. In 1858 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Berlin, afterwards serving as an assistant to Albrecht von Graefe (1828-1870) in Berlin, and to Alexander Pagenstecher (1828-1879) in Wiesbaden. In 1867 he became an associate professor at the University of Bonn, and in 1873 attained the title of "full professor". Saemisch specialized in eye disorders, particularly diseases of the conjuctiva, sclera and cornea.〔(An Introduction to the history of medicine, with medical chronology ) by Fielding Hudson Garrison〕〔(Modern ophthalmology ) by James Moores Ball〕 He is credited for providing descriptions of vernal conjunctivitis and a type of corneal ulcer called "''ulcus serpens corneae''". With Alfred Carl Graefe (1830-1899), a cousin of Albrecht von Graefe, he was co-editor of a multi-volume manual on ophthalmology titled ''Handbuch der gesammten Augenheilkunde''. == Associated eponyms == * "Saemisch's ulcer": a serpiginous corneal ulcer; ''ulcus serpens corneae''. * "Saemisch's operation": An operation for hypopyon ulcer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin Theodor Saemisch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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