Adolf Vossius, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1855
Date of Death: 28-Jun-1925
Profession: ophthalmologist
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Adolf Vossius
- Adolf Vossius (10 February 1855, Zempelburg – 28 June 1925, Giessen) was a German ophthalmologist. He studied medicine at the universities of Königsberg and Giessen, receiving his doctorate in 1879.
- Following graduation, he remained at Giessen as an assistant to Arthur von Hippel at the university eye clinic.
- In 1882 he obtained his habilitation at Königsberg, where five years later, he was named an associate professor.
- In 1890 he returned to the University of Giessen as a full professor of ophthalmology.
- At Giessen he opened a new eye clinic on Friedrichstrasse.In 1906 he described a ring-shaped pigment deposit on the anterior lens surface following trauma to the eye, an injury now known as "Vossius' ring" or as "Vossius' lenticular ring".
- He described the condition in a paper titled "Über ringförmige Trübungen an der Linsenvorderfläche nach Kontusionsverletzungen des Auges".
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