Friedrich Jäger from Jaxtthal
Christoph Friedrich Jäger Ritter von Jaxtthal (born September 4, 1784 in Kirchberg an der Jagst / Württemberg , † December 26, 1871 in Vienna ) was a German ophthalmologist .
Life
Friedrich Jäger studied medicine in Würzburg, Vienna and Landshut and was 1808 in Landshut and again in 1812 at the Vienna University doctorate . There he became an assistant to the ophthalmologist Georg Joseph Beer (1763-1821) in 1813 .
From 1825 to 1848 Friedrich Jäger was professor of ophthalmology at the kk Josephs Academy . His students included Frédéric Jules Sichel (1802–1868), Johann Traugott Dreyer von der Iller (1803–1871) and Albrecht von Graefe (1828–1870). Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal was from 1816 the personal physician of Klemens von Metternich and founding member of the Society of Physicians in Vienna .
In 1851 Friedrich Jäger was raised to the nobility and in 1860 was admitted to the imperial knighthood.
His son Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal was also an important ophthalmologist .
Fonts
- De keratonyxide. Dissertation. Vienna 1812.
- The Egyptian eye infection. Vienna 1840.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Jaeger Edler von Jaxtthal, Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 36 f. ( Digitized version ).
- von Bülow: Jäger von Jaxtthal, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 658-660.
- Jaeger von Jaxthal (Christoph) Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 58.
- Helga Stellamor: Hunter from Jaxtthal, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 272 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Andreas Mettenleiter : What Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal (1784–1871) experienced as a young medical student in Würzburg in 1804/05. Excerpts from the memoir of the famous ophthalmologist from 1864. In: Tempora mutantur et nos? Festschrift for Walter M. Brod on his 95th birthday. With contributions from friends, companions and contemporaries. Edited by Andreas Mettenleiter, Akamedon, Pfaffenhofen 2007 (= From Würzburg's City and University History , 2), ISBN 3-940072-01-X , pp. 192–194.
- Gabriela Schmidt: Jäger, Friedrich. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 687.
- Maria Schneider: Dr. med. Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal (1784–1871). Ophthalmologist in Vienna and personal physician to Prince Metternich: autobiography [from 1864] with commentary. (Medical dissertation, Munich 1988) Lit-Verlag, Münster 1988 (= medicine and society, 4)
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Mettenleiter, p. 194
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunter from Jaxtthal, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaxtthal, Christoph Friedrich Jaeger Ritter von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ophthalmologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchberg an der Jagst |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1871 |
| Place of death | Vienna |