Friedrich Alexander Hermann Pagenstecher (April 21, 1828 – December 31, 1879) was a German ophthalmologist who was born in Wallau.
He studied medicine at several universities including Gießen, Heidelberg and Würzburg. In 1856 he founded an ophthalmology hospital in Wiesbaden, and was its director until his death in 1879. At Wiesbaden, he worked closely with his brother, Hermann Pagenstecher (1844-1932), who took control of the eye hospital following his death.
Pagenstecher made several contributions in ophthalmology, most notably creation of a surgical practice known as intracapsular cataract extraction. In 1862 he introduced yellow mercury oxide as an eye ointment. Pagenstecher died on December 31, 1879 after a freak hunting accident.
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.