Theodor Axenfeld
GERMAN OPHTHALMOLOGIST (1867-1930)
Karl Theodor Paul Polykarpus Axenfeld
Karl Theodor Paul Polykarpus Axenfeld (24 June 1867 – 29 July 1930) was a German ophthalmologist born in Smyrna (İzmir) in the Ottoman Empire to a German minister, who was a Jewish convert to Christianity and served as missionary in Asia Minor.Harry Friedenwald, The Jews and Medicine: Essays, vol.