Education
He studied medicine in Leipzig, Prague and Paris, and earned his degree in 1848.
ophthalmologist university professor
He studied medicine in Leipzig, Prague and Paris, and earned his degree in 1848.
Afterwards he became an assistant to Friedrich Philipp Ritterich (1782-1866) at the Leipzig Eye Clinic, becoming its director in 1867, a position he held until his death in 1890. After his death, he was succeeded by Hubert Sattler (1844-1928) at Leipzig. In 1853, Coccius provided the first description of retinal breaks of the eye, and subsequently made the association to retinal detachment.
In 1853 he devised an ophthalmoscope that was a modification of the device invented by Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894).
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.