[125 years ophthalmopathology in Tübingen. Change in the times and spectrum of findings].

The beginning of ophthalmopathological activities at the University Eye Clinic Tübingen, Germany, can be dated back to the year 1868, as at this time the continuous counting of investigated, ophthalmological specimens was started. So the ophthalmopathological department in Tübingen will be 125 years old in 1993. In a review its history is described with particular regard to the first period and the change in the kind and frequence of diagnoses.