Josef Meller

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Josef Meller (born October 22, 1874 in Stein an der Donau , † November 23, 1968 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ophthalmologist .

Life

After graduating from the Humanistic Gymnasium in Krems, Josef Meller began studying medicine at the University of Vienna , which he completed in 1898 with the academic degree of Dr. med. completed. Meller - he was already employed by Edmund von Neusser during his studies at the internal clinic - subsequently joined Ernst Fuchs' eye clinic , where he was appointed first assistant in 1905.

After Meller completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna in 1907 , he received an extraordinary professorship there in 1912. In 1915 he followed a call to the chair for ophthalmology in Innsbruck , until he succeeded Ernst Fuchs in 1918 in Vienna, which he held until his retirement in 1944.

Josef Meller has received numerous awards. He was admitted as a corresponding member, later as an honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and in 1964 as an honorary member of the German Ophthalmological Society, and in April 1963 he was honored with the award of the City of Vienna Prize for Natural Sciences by the City of Vienna.

Meller's scientific interest was the physiology of vision, the pathological anatomy of the eye, and clinical and operative ophthalmology .

Fonts

  • About the sclerecto-iridectomy. Printed by the Hoffmann printing house, 1909
  • Ophthalmological Interventions: A Brief Guide for Aspiring Ophthalmologists. J. Šafář, Vienna 1918; 6th edition, by Josef Böck : Ophthalmological interventions: A brief operation theory. Springer, Vienna 1946.
  • Selected writings and speeches. Maudrich, Vienna 1935.
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  • On the importance of bacillemia and tissue bacillosis for eye diseases. Maudrich, Vienna 1951.

Trivia

Josef Meller's sister, Maria Meller, married the city doctor of Stein an der Donau, Josef Keckeis, in Innsbruck in 1915 . Josef Meller was best man.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of honorary members of the German Ophthalmological Society. In: www.dog.org
  2. ^ Vienna 1963: reports from April 1963. In: www.wien.gv.at

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personal data
SURNAME Meller, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Stein on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1968
Place of death Vienna