Joseph Barth

Joseph Barth
Joseph Barth (1746-1818) (Heinrich Friedrich Füger)
Born(1746-10-28)28 October 1746
Died7 April 1818(1818-04-07) (aged 71)
NationalityAustrian
EducationUniversity of Vienna (M.D., 1772)
Scientific career
FieldsOphthalmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna
Doctoral advisorAnton von Störck
Doctoral studentsGeorg Joseph Beer
Johann Adam Schmidt
Georg Prochaska

Joseph Barth (28 October 1746 – 7 April 1818) was a Maltese-born Austrian ophthalmologist.[1] He is believed to have been the first professor of ophthalmology.[2]

  1. ^ Damato, Francis Joseph (1966). "The first chair of ophthalmology: a biographical sketch of Joseph Barth". St. Luke's Hospital Gazette. 1 (1): 10–13.
  2. ^ Littlewood, Ross (1988). "Who Remembers the First Professor of Ophthalmology?". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology. 16 (2): 133–135. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.1988.tb01262.x. ISSN 1440-1606. PMID 3052522.