Carl Ferdinand von Arlt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Ferdinand von Arlt

austrian doctor

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1812

Place of Birth: Horní Krupka, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1887

Profession: professor, surgeon, ophthalmologist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt (April 18, 1812 – March 7, 1887) was an Austrian ophthalmologist born in Ober-Graupen, a village near Teplitz (Teplice) in Bohemia. He earned his doctorate in Prague in 1839, and later became a professor of ophthalmology in Prague (1849–1856) and Vienna (1856–1883).
His son Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt (1842–1917) was also an ophthalmologist. Arlt published a prodigious number of books and articles concerning diseases of the eye, and collaborated with Albrecht von Graefe and Franciscus Donders on the journal Archiv für Ophthalmologie.
He was the first physician to provide proof that myopia (short-sightedness) is generally a consequence of excessive length of the sagittal axis of the eye (bulbus).Annually.
he returned to his home town in order to treat people in its vicinity who were afflicted with eye diseases.
Arlt died in Vienna on 7 March 1887. The following eponyms are named after Arlt: "Arlt's line": Linear scar present in sulcus subtarsalis during Chlamydia trachomatis infection. "Arlt's operation": Transplantation of eyelashes back from the edge of the eyelid for treatment of distichiasis. "Arlt's syndrome": A contagious eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. "Arlt's triangle": keratic precipitates distributed in a wedge-shaped area on the inferior corneal endothelium.



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