Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (June 25, 1818 - July 5, 1884) was an Austrian ophthalmologist who was a native of Vienna. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ophthalmology is the branch of Medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways including the Eye, Brain Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. He was a professor at the University of Vienna, and was son to oculist Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal (1784-1871), and grandson to Georg Joseph Beer (1763-1821). The University of Vienna (Universität Wien is a Public university located in Vienna, Austria. Christoph Friedrich Jäger Ritter von Jaxtthal ( September 4, 1784 - December 25, 1871) was an Austrian Ophthalmologist who was a native Georg Joseph Beer ( December 23, 1763, Vienna - April 11, 1821) Vienna.
Jaxtthal is remembered for his work in eye surgery, and his research of ophthalmic diseases. Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental He was an early practitioner of the ophthalmoscope, and introduced direct ophthalmoscopy, a method he used to determine the refractive error in the eye. The ophthalmoscope (or funduscope) is an instrument used to examine the Eye. The ophthalmoscope (or funduscope) is an instrument used to examine the Eye. A refractive error, or refraction error, is an error in the focusing of Light by the Eye and a frequent reason for reduced Visual acuity Eyes are organs that detect Light, and send signals along the Optic nerve to the visual areas of the brain His best known written work is Ophthalmoskopischer Hand-Atlas, an atlas of diseases of the eye identified by the ophthalmoscope. Jaxtthal is also credited for making improvements to the Snellen chart. A Snellen chart is an Eye chart used by Eye care professionals and others to measure Visual acuity.
Selected writings
- Beiträge zur Pathologie des Auges. - Wien: Staatsdruckerei, 1855.
- Ergebnisse der Untersuchung des menschlichen Auges mit dem Augenspiegel. - Wien: Staatsdr. 1855.
- Ophthalmoskopischer Hand-Atlas. - Wien, Hofdruckerei 1869.
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