Eduard Raehlmann


Eduard Raehlmann was a German ophthalmologist.
He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Halle, obtaining his doctorate at the latter institution in 1872. In 1875, he received his habilitation at the University of Strassburg, and in 1879 succeeded Georg von Oettingen as professor of ophthalmology at the Imperial University of Dorpat. After 1900, he worked as a private scholar in Weimar.
His primary work dealt with anatomical and pathological investigations of the cornea, as well as studies involving amyloid degeneration of conjunctiva and research of retinal detachment. In the Baltic states, he was at the forefront in the fight against trachoma. At Weimar, he conducted research of color perception and color photography.

Published works

Über Farbenempfindung in den peripherischen Netzhautparthieen in Bezug auf normale und pathologische Brechungszustande, 1872 Über die neuropathologische Bedeutung der Pupillenweite, 1880Über Trachom, 1885Über Mikrophthalmos, Coloboma oculi und Hemimicrosoma, 1897 Über den Heilwerth der Therapie bei Trachom, 1898Über Farbensehen und Malerei; eine kunstphysiologische Abhandlung in allgemein versta¨dlicher, 1901.