# August Siegrist

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**August Siegrist** (20 May 1865, in [Basel](/source/Basel) – 13 December 1947) was a [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) [ophthalmologist](/source/Ophthalmologist) remembered for describing [Siegrist streaks](/source/Siegrist_streaks). He trained at Basel, [Zurich](/source/Zurich), [Lausanne](/source/Lausanne), [Vienna](/source/Vienna) and [Bern](/source/Bern), where he received his [M.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) in 1892. He studied further in Bern under [Emil Theodor Kocher](/source/Emil_Theodor_Kocher) and in Vienna under [Ernst Fuchs](/source/Ernst_Fuchs_(doctor)). He was [habilitated](/source/Habilitation) in ophthalmology at Basel in 1900,[1] and in 1903 succeeded [Ernst Pflüger](/source/Ernst_Pfl%C3%BCger) as professor of ophthalmology and director of the eye clinic at the [University of Bern](/source/University_of_Bern).[2] He maintained these positions at Bern up until 1935. He worked on the correction of [keratoconus](/source/Keratoconus) including the use of early [contact lenses](/source/Contact_lens).[1]

## References

1. [The Genealogy of Ophthalmic Teaching in Switzerland](http://histoph.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Streiff-Genealogy-Switzerland.pdf)

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