Johann Adam Schmidt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johann Adam Schmidt

surgeon and ophthalmologist

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1759

Place of Birth: Aub, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1809

Profession: surgeon, university teacher, ophthalmologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Johann Adam Schmidt

  • Johann Adam Schmidt (12 October 1759 – 19 February 1809) was a German-Austrian surgeon and ophthalmologist who was a native of Aub, a town near Würzburg. He began his medical career as an army Unterchirurg (under surgeon), and later studied ophthalmology under Joseph Barth (1745–1818) in Vienna.
  • In 1795 he became a professor at Josephs-Akademie in Vienna, where he gave lectures on several subjects in medicine. He performed pioneer research of iritis, and in 1801 was the author of a significant work on the disorder titled Ãœber Nachstaar und Iritis nach Staaroperationen (On Post-Cataract and Inflammation of the Iris following Cataract Surgery).
  • In 1802, together with Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837) he founded Ophthalmologische Bibliothek, which was the first German magazine of ophthalmic medicine.
  • In 1811 his Lehrbuch der Materia Medica was published posthumously, which was a work on medicinal plants and their properties.
  • In this book the term "pharmacognosy" is originally coined.Schmidt is best remembered as a personal physician of Ludwig van Beethoven, whom he attended to from 1801 until 1809.
  • Beethoven dedicated the trio for piano, violin and cello in E-flat major opus 38 (arrangement of the Septet opus 20) to Schmidt.

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