Johann Nepomuk von Ringseis (16 May 1785 – 22 May 1880) was a German physician born in Schwarzhofen, Oberpfalz. He received his education at the University of Landshut, where he was a student of Andreas Röschlaub (1768-1835). Afterwards he furthered his studies in

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(1812–1813) and

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(1814–1815), and in 1816 moved to

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as a personal physician to Crown Prince Ludwig. In 1818 he was appointed ''Medizinalrat'' (medical health officer) to the district of Isarkreis. In 1826 he became a professor at the Medical Faculty of the

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. Ringseis took a religious approach towards medicine, and believed that the origin of disease was rooted in "

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". Among his written works was ''System der Medizin'', a publication involving his lectures on general pathology and

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. He died on 22 May 1880 in Munich.

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