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Joseph Barth | |
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,_by_Heinrich_Friedrich_F%C3%BCger.jpg) Joseph Barth (1746-1818) (Heinrich Friedrich Füger) | |
| Born | 28 October 1746 |
| Died | 7 April 1818 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Education | University of Vienna (M.D., 1772) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ophthalmology |
| Institutions | University of Vienna |
| Doctoral advisor | Anton von Störck |
| Doctoral students | Georg 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]
- ^ Damato, Francis Joseph (1966). "The first chair of ophthalmology: a biographical sketch of Joseph Barth". St. Luke's Hospital Gazette. 1 (1): 10–13.
- ^ 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.