He made contributions in the study of iritis and sympathetic ophthalmia, and in 1830 founded "Zeitschrift für die Ophthalmologie", an early journal devoted to ophthalmology.
He made contributions in the study of iritis, sympathetic ophthalmia and ontogeny of the eye. In 1830, he founded "Zeitschrift für die Ophthalmologie", an early journal devoted to ophthalmology.