Eduard Raehlmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German ophthalmologist
Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1848
Place of Birth: Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Date of Death: 01-Sep-1917
Profession: ophthalmologist
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Eduard Raehlmann
- Eduard Raehlmann (19 March 1848, Ibbenbüren – 1 September 1917, Weimar) 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 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.
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