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georg von oettingen

georg von oettingen -lrb- -- -rrb- was a baltic german physician and ophthalmologist who was born at the manor `` gut wissust '' -lrb- today known as visusti in palamuse parish , jõgeva county , estonia -rrb- .
he was a brother of theologian alexander von oettingen -lrb- 1827 -- 1905 -rrb- , and physicist arthur von oettingen -lrb- 1836 -- 1920 -rrb- .
in 1848 he received his medical doctorate from the university of dorpat , and until 1853 was a physician at the city hospital in riga .
for a short period of time he practiced medicine in st. petersburg , and in 1854 returned to dorpat , where in 1856 he became head of the university hospital .
in 1857 he was appointed professor of surgery , and in 1871 became a professor of ophthalmology .
from 1859 to 1866 he was vice-rector at the university of dorpat , becoming dean of the medical faculty in 1866 , and serving as rector from 1868 to 1876 .
in 1879 , eduard raehlmann -lrb- 1848-1917 -rrb- succeeded him as professor of ophthalmology at dorpat .
oettingen is credited for providing the first comprehensive description of amyloid degeneration of the eye 's conjunctiva .
