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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12402| Title: | The first chair of ophtalmology: a biographical sketch of Joseph Barth |
| Authors: | Damato, Francis Joseph |
| Keywords: | Barth, Joseph, 1746-1818 Cataract -- Surgery -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 18th century Eye -- Surgery Ophtalmology -- Austria -- Biography |
| Issue Date: | 1966 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Damato, F.J. (1966). The first chair of ophtalmology: a biographical sketch of Joseph Barth. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 1(1), 10-13. |
| Abstract: | This article features a short biography of Professor Joseph Barth (1745-1818), a well known teacher and ophtalmologist in Europe, especially in Vienna where he was asked to occupy the chair of Anatomy and Physiology along with the newly established chair of Ophthalmology at the Imperial University of Vienna. In the year 1787, it is recorded that he performed 300 cataract extractions, which is quite a substantial figure, considering that at that time anaesthesia was not yet introduced. His greatest accomplishment was the establishment of the first University Eye Clinic of Vienna, which is also the first University Eye Clinic in Europe. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/12402 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 1, Issue 1 TSLHG, Volume 1, Issue 1 |
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| THE FIRST CHAIR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-a Biographical Sketch of Joseph Barth.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 467 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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