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John Herbert Waite Dr.

Arch Ophthal. 1930;3(1):99-100.

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Von Graefe Served as Soldier.—Three comments have been received, one of them from a reliable source in Germany, denying the truth of the statement in Hasket Derby's article on Graefe, "Der Kerl war nicht einmal ein Soldat." There seems to be no doubt that von Graefe served his Soldatenleben, as attested by the following quotation from the Hirschberg Geschichte der Augenheikunde: "From April 1, 1852, until April 1, 1853, Graefe served his year as physician with the Second Guard Regiment of Foot. Surely, he would not have been called out, since he already looked frail and ill. Because of his outstanding position, very little service was required of him, since the company surgeon was a good fellow and did many things in his stead ; moreover, he was given the care of those with eye troubles. When the regular spring parade was held at the Templehof field, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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