Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (1794-1876)


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Name (English): Maximilian Joseph von Chelius
Short name: Maximilian Joseph von Chelius
Year of birth: 1794
Year of death: 1876
Short Description: "Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (16 January 1794 – 17 August 1876) was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist born in Mannheim.

Chelius received his medical doctorate in 1812 at the University of Heidelberg, and afterwards worked as both a civilian and military physician in Munich. He was an army surgeon in the last phases of the Napoleonic Wars (1814-15). In 1817 he became an associate professor of surgery in Heidelberg, where soon afterwards he gained a full professorship (1819).

He was a catalyst in the development of the medical faculty at the University of Heidelberg, being considered the founder of the surgical tradition at the facility. Chelius specialized in the field of ophthalmic surgery. " - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021)
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[Last update: 2021/08/26]