Wilhelm Roser was a German surgeon

Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

 and ophthalmologist born in Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

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In 1839 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Tübingen, and afterwards continued his education in Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

, Halle, Vienna

Vienna

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 and Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. In 1841 he returned to Tübingen

Tübingen

Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

, where he was habilitated for surgery

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

. In 1846 he practiced medicine in Reutlingen

Reutlingen

Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....

, and later succeeded Eduard Zeis

Eduard Zeis

Eduard Zeis was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist who was a native of Dresden.He studied medicine at the Universities of Leipzig, Bonn and Munich, and received his doctorate at Leipzig in 1832. Afterwards he opened a general practice in his hometown of Dresden, and in 1844 became a professor of...

 (1807–1868) as professor of surgery at the University of Marburg.
Roser would remain at Marburg

Marburg

Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...

 for the remainder of his career.

With his lifelong friends, clinician Carl Wunderlich

Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich

Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich was a German physician, pioneer psychiatrist, and medical professor...

 (1815–1877) and neurologist

Neurologist

A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...

 Wilhelm Griesinger

Wilhelm Griesinger

Wilhelm Griesinger was a German neurologist and psychiatrist born in Stuttgart. He studied under Johann Lukas Schönlein at the University of Zurich and physiologist François Magendie in Paris....

 (1817–1868), he founded a journal of physiological

Physiology

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 medicine titled Archiv für physiologische Heilkunde. He published over 150 medical papers, and was the author of Handbuch der anatomischen Chirurgie (Textbook of Anatomical Surgery), which ran through eight editions, and was translated into French and English.

• Associated eponyms:
• Roser-König mouth gag: An oral implement used in medicine; named with German surgeon Franz König
  Franz König (surgeon)
  Franz König was a German surgeon who was a native of Rotenburg an der Fulda. In 1855 he received his doctorate from the University of Marburg, and was later district wound surgeon in Hanau...
  
   (1832–1910).
• Roser-Nélaton line: A theoretical line drawn from the anterior superior iliac spine
  Anterior superior iliac spine
  The anterior superior iliac spine is an important landmark of surface anatomy. It refers to the anterior extremity of the iliac crest of the pelvis, which provides attachment for the inguinal ligament, and the sartorius muscle...
  
   to the tuberosity of the ischium. Named with French surgeon Auguste Nélaton
  Auguste Nélaton
  Auguste Nélaton was a French physician and surgeon. Born at Paris, he began studying medicine in 1828 and was graduated as an M.D. in 1836 with a thesis on the effects of tuberculosis on the bones. Three years later, he became a professor at the Hôpital St. Louis with a habilitation on breast tumors...
  
  (1807–1873).