Ludwig Franz Alexander Winther
Ludwig Franz Alexander Winther was a German pathologist and ophthalmologist who was a native of Offenbach am Main.
From 1848–1867, he was an associate professor of general pathology and therapy at the University of Giessen, where, from 1867 to 1871, he served as the first full professor of pathological anatomy and therapy. After his death in 1871, his position at Giessen was filled by Theodor Langhans.
In 1847, he was a founding member of the Giessener Sonderbund, a teachers' association at the University of Giessen.- Untersuchungen über den Bau der Hornhaut und des Flügelfelles, Gießen 1856.
- Zur Gewebelehre der Menschenhornhaut in: Virchow's Archiv, 1856, Band X, S. 506f.
- Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde, Gießen 1856.
- Lehrbuch der allgemeinen pathologischen Anatomie der Gewebe des Menschen, Gießen 1860.
- Experimentalstudien über die Pathologie des Flügelfelles, 1866.
- Vorträge bei den Versammlungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte 1861, 1864, 1867, 1868;.