Johann Nepomuk Fischer

Johann Nepomuk Fischer

Johann Nepomuk Fischer (29 May 1777, Rumburk – 17 October 1847, Prague) was an Austrian ophthalmologist. He is considered to be the founder of modern ophthalmology in Bohemia.

He studied medicine at the University of Vienna as a student of Georg Joseph Beer.[1] In 1806 he received his doctorate in medicine,[2] and several years later, was named head of the newly founded eye clinic in Prague (1814). In 1830 he attained the chair of ophthalmology at the University of Prague.[3] Among his better known students was Carl Ferdinand von Arlt.[4]

Selected works

  • Klinischer Unterricht in der Augenheilkunde, 1832 – Clinical teaching in ophthalmology.
  • Die Krankheiten der durchsichtigen Hornhaut in systematischer Ordnung, 1833 – Diseases of the transparent cornea in systematic order.
  • Abbildungen des Thraenenschlauches und einer merkwürdigen Metamorphose der Regenbogenhaut, 1836 – Pictures of the lacrimal apparatus and a strange metamorphosis of the iris.
  • Lehrbuch der gesammten Entzündungen und organischen Krankheiten des menschichen Auges, seiner Schutz- und Hilfsorgane, 1846 – Textbook of inflammation and organic diseases of the human eye.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Georg Joseph Beer at Who Named It
  2. ↑ The American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology, Volume 7 edited by Casey Albert Wood
  3. ↑ Einstein - Görner edited by Rudolf Vierhaus
  4. ↑ Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt Ophthalmologist and eponyms - C.F.R. von Arlt
  5. ↑ Most widely held works by Johann Nepomuk Fischer WorldCat Identities
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