Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal

Austrian ophthalmologist

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1818

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1884

Profession: professor, ophthalmologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (June 25, 1818, Vienna – July 5, 1884, Vienna) was an Austrian ophthalmologist who was a native of Vienna.
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). Jäger is remembered for his work involving eye operations, and for his research of ophthalmic disorders.
He was an early practitioner of the ophthalmoscope, and was among the first to use ophthalmoscopy to determine refractive error in the eye.
Also, he is credited with providing the first description of retinal appearances associated with diabetes.In the 1850s Jäger made improvements to eye chart test types that were earlier developed by Heinrich Küchler (1811-1873).
In 1862 Dutch ophthalmologist Hermann Snellen introduced the popular "Snellen chart" for testing visual acuity.



Alternative names	dauthage adolf; adolf dauthage
Description	Austrian lithographer and painter
Date of birth/death	20 February 1825	3 June 1883
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Rustendorf, today part of Vienna
Work location	Vienna
Authority control	: Q361212 VIAF: 2735389 ISNI: 0000 0000 5519 9177 ULAN: 500357916 LCCN: n97874380 GND: 133233170 WorldCat