Christoph Friedrich Jäger Ritter von Jaxtthal (4 September 1784 – 25 December 1871) was an Austrian

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who was a native of

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Early life and education

He studied medicine in

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and

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, and in 1809 became a physician in the

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. He later returned to Vienna, where in 1812 he received his medical degree at the

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Career

In Vienna he served as an assistant to

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(1763–1821), who would become his future father-in-law. From 1825 until 1848, he was a professor of ophthalmology at the Josephinum (school for military surgeons) in Vienna.Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal
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Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal was an influential physician and surgeon of ophthalmic medicine. Two of his more famous students in Vienna were Frédéric Jules Sichel (1802–1868) and

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(1828-1870). He was a personal physician to

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(1773–1859), and the father of

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(1818–1884).

Associated eponym

*"Bartisch-Jaeger method": Historical eponym for surgical removal of the

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(''bulbus oculi'') for

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of the eye. Named with German physician,

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(1535-1607). The procedure would later be improved upon by Italian ophthalmologist

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Selected writings

*''De karatonyxide'', Vienna, 1812. *''De ägyptische Augenentzündung'', Vienna, 1840.

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Career

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