Julius Hirschberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julius Hirschberg

German ophthalmologist

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1843

Place of Birth: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1925

Profession: university teacher, ophthalmologist, medical historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Julius Hirschberg (18 September 1843 – 17 February 1925) was a German ophthalmologist and medical historian.
He was of Jewish ancestry.In 1875, Hirschberg coined the term "campimetry" for the measurement of the visual field on a flat surface (tangent screen test) and in 1879 he became the first to use an electromagnet to remove metallic foreign bodies from the eye.
In 1886, he developed the Hirschberg test for measuring strabismus.
His series Geschichte der Augenheilkunde (History of Ophthalmology), nine volumes written from 1899 to 1917, is considered by some to be one of his greatest achievements.