- Karl Gustav Himly
Karl Gustav Himly (
April 30 ,1772 -March 22 ,1837 ) was a Germansurgeon andoptician fromBraunschweig . He studied medicine at theUniversity of Würzburg underKarl Kaspar von Siebold (1736-1807), and at theUniversity of Göttingen underAugust Gottlieb Richter (1742-1812). In 1795 he became a professor at the hospital in Braunschweig, and in 1801 succeededChristoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762-1836) as professor of medicine at the hospital inJena .In 1803 he was professor of surgery at the University of Göttingen, where he worked with
Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck (1776-1851), and his former teacher August Richter. In 1809, Himly was instrumental in establishing a new hospital in Göttingen. Two of his students wereKarl Friedrich Heusinger (1792-1883) andFriedrich August von Ammon (1799–1861). Himly's son, Ernst August Wilhelm Himly (1800-1881) was a notedphysiologist .Himly was a pioneer in the field of
ophthalmology . He is credited for introducing the scientific application ofmydriatics into European medicine. He also did research regarding the possibilities of corneal grafting, and was the first to suggest replacing an opaquecornea of one animal with a clear cornea of another animal. In 1802, withJohann Adam Schmidt (1759-1809) he began publication of "Ophthalmologische Bibliothek", which was the first magazine dedicated to ophthalmic medicine in Germany. From 1809 until 1814 he published a journal of practical medicine with Christoph Hufeland.References
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