Friedrich August von Ammon was a German ophthalmologist who was a native of Göttingen. He studied medicine at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig, and in 1829 became a professor of clinical medicine and surgery in Dresden. He was the son of theologian Christoph Friedrich von Ammon (1766-1850). Friedrich von Ammon is remembered for establishing Dresden as a major center of ophthalmology in the 19th century.

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  • Friedrich August von Ammon was a German ophthalmologist who was a native of Göttingen. He studied medicine at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig, and in 1829 became a professor of clinical medicine and surgery in Dresden. He was the son of theologian Christoph Friedrich von Ammon (1766-1850). Friedrich von Ammon is remembered for establishing Dresden as a major center of ophthalmology in the 19th century. His creation of a learning institute, his influential writings and his research of eye disorders were all important factors in this endeavor. He made contributions in the study of iritis and sympathetic ophthalmia, and in 1830 founded Zeitschrift für die Ophthalmologie, an early journal devoted to ophthalmology. His best known monograph is Klinische Darstellung der Krankheiten und Bildungsfehler des menschlichen Auges, which was known for its superb hand-colored illustrations and its detailed descriptions of congenital eye disorders. This atlas was considered the most comprehensive work regarding eye disease prior to the introduction of the ophthalmoscope by Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) in 1851. In 1842 he published an important work on plastic surgery titled Die plastische Chirurgie.
  • Friedrich August von Ammon war ein deutscher Augenarzt.
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  • Friedrich August von Ammon was a German ophthalmologist who was a native of Göttingen. He studied medicine at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig, and in 1829 became a professor of clinical medicine and surgery in Dresden. He was the son of theologian Christoph Friedrich von Ammon (1766-1850). Friedrich von Ammon is remembered for establishing Dresden as a major center of ophthalmology in the 19th century.
  • Friedrich August von Ammon war ein deutscher Augenarzt.
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