Johann Nepomuk von Ringseis
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Johann Nepomuk von Ringseis (May 16, 1785 - May 22, 1880) was a German physician born in Schwarzhofen
Schwarzhofen
Schwarzhofen is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf in Bavaria, Germany....

, Oberpfalz.

He received his education at the University of Landshut, where he was a student of Andreas Röschlaub
Andreas Röschlaub
Andreas Röschlaub was a German physician born in Lichtenfels, Bavaria.He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Bamberg, gaining his doctorate at the latter institution in 1795. In 1798 he became a full professor of pathology at Bamberg, and in 1802 transferred to the University of...

 (1768-1835). Afterwards he furthered his studies in Vienna
Vienna
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 (1812–1813) and Berlin
Berlin
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 (1814–1815), and in 1816 moved to Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 as a personal physician to Crown Prince Ludwig
Ludwig I of Bavaria
Ludwig I was a German king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.-Crown prince:...

. In 1818 he was appointed Medizinalrat (medical health officer) to the district of Isarkreis. In 1826 he became a professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Munich.

Ringseis took a religious approach towards medicine, and believed that the origin of disease was rooted in "original sin
Original sin
Original sin is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred...

". Among his written works was System der Medizin, a publication involving his lectures on general pathology
General pathology
General pathology, also called investigative pathology, experimental pathology or theoretical pathology, is a broad and complex scientific field which seeks to understand the mechanisms of injury to cells and tissues, as well as the body's means of responding to and repairing injury...

 and therapy
Therapy
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