Christian Georg Theodor Ruete, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German ophthalmologist
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Place of Birth: Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Christian Georg Theodor Ruete
- Christian Georg Theodor Ruete (2 May 1810 – 23 June 1867) was a German ophthalmologist born in Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony. In 1833 obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Göttingen, later serving as an assistant to Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837).
- In 1841 he became an associate professor at Göttingen, receiving the title of "full professor" in 1847.
- Afterwards he was a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Leipzig from 1852 to 1867. Christian Ruete was a pioneer of German ophthalmology, and made several significant contributions in this field.
- In 1845 he designed the first ophthalmotrope, a device that serves as a mechanical model of the eye and its muscles, and is used to clarify movements of the eye.
- In 1857 he constructed an improved version of his earlier prototype.
- He made modifications to Hermann von Helmholtz's ophthalmoscope by implementing a concave focusing mirror, and thereby introduced "indirect ophthalmoscopy" to allow for a stereoscopic and wider view of the fundus of the eye.
- Ruete also conducted extensive research of ophthalmic disorders that included strabismus and hypermetropia.
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