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