Julius von Michel was a German ophthalmologist born in Frankenthal

Frankenthal

Frankenthal is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.- History :Frankenthal was first mentioned in 772. In 1119 an Augustinian monastery was built here, the ruins of which — known, after the founder, as the Erkenbertruine — still stand today in the town...

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He studied at the of Universities of Würzburg

University of Würzburg

The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...

 and Zurich

University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

, and in 1866 served as a military physician in the Austro-Prussian War

Austro-Prussian War

The Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...

. From 1868 to 1870 he was an assistant to Johann Friedrich Horner

Johann Friedrich Horner

Johann Friedrich Horner was an ophthalmologist based at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.After receiving his medical degree from the University of Zurich in 1854, Horner continued his studies in Vienna and Berlin. While in Berlin, he was an assistant to the renowned ophthalmologist Albrecht...

 (1831-1886) at the University Eye Clinic in Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

. During the Franco-Prussian War

Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...

 (1870-71) he again served as a military doctor, and afterwards worked with Gustav Schwalbe

Gustav Schwalbe

Gustav Albert Schwalbe, M.D. was a German anatomist and anthropologist from Quedlinburg.He was educated at the universities of Berlin, Zurich, and Bonn Gustav Albert Schwalbe, M.D. (August 1, 1844 – April 23, 1916) was a German anatomist and anthropologist from Quedlinburg.He was educated at the...

 (1844-1916) at Carl Ludwig

Carl Ludwig

----Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig was a German physician and physiologist.In 1842 Ludwig became a professor of physiology and in 1846 of comparative anatomy...

's Physiological Institute in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

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In 1872 he earned his habilitation in Leipzig, and subsequently became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Erlangen, where in 1873 he attained full professorship. From 1879 to 1900 he was a professor at the University of Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

, and in 1900 he succeeded Karl Ernst Theodor Schweigger

Karl Ernst Theodor Schweigger

Karl Ernst Theodor Schweigger was a German ophthalmologist who was a native of Halle. He studied medicine in Erlangen and Halle, earning his doctorate in 1852...

 (1830-1905) at the University of Berlin.

Michel is remembered for work involving tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

 of the eye, and his pioneer research of central retinal vein

Central retinal vein

The central retinal vein is a short vein that runs through the optic nerve and drains blood from the capillaries of the retina into the larger veins outside the eye...

 thrombosis

Thrombosis

Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel is injured, the body uses platelets and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss...

. With Hermann Kuhnt

Hermann Kuhnt

Hermann Kuhnt was a German ophthalmologist born in Senftenberg, Brandenburg.He studied medicine in Bonn, Berlin and Würzburg, and following graduation worked at the anatomy institute in Rostock under Friedrich Sigmund Merkel . Afterwards he became assistant to ophthalmologist Otto Becker at the...

(1850-1925), he founded the journal Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde. Among his written works are Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde (Textbook of Ophthalmology- 1890) and Klinischer Leitfaden der Augenheilkunde (Guide to Clinical Ophthalmology).