Johann Nepomuk Fischer Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/830.html Georg Joseph Beer
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=zAY1AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Fischer%2C+Johann+Nepomuk%22+1777&pg=PA5206 The American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology, Volume 7
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=STszecQjhiYC&dq=%22Fischer%2C+Johann+Nepomuk%22+1777&pg=PA352 Einstein - Görner
4. http://www.mrcophth.com/ophthalmologyhalloffame/arlt.html Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt
5. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-22896883/ Most widely held works by Johann Nepomuk Fischer