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

Georg Joseph Beer (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 Frédéric Jules Sichel (14 May 1802 – 11 November 1868) was a German-born, French physician and entomologist. Frédéric Jules Sichel was born in Frankfurt am Main. From 1820, he studied medicine at the universities of Würzburg, Tübingen and ...

(1802–1868) and

Albrecht von Graefe Albrecht von Graefe may refer to: * Albrecht von Graefe (ophthalmologist) (1828-1870), Prussian ophthalmologist * Albrecht von Graefe (politician) (1868-1933), German politician and landowner {{hndis, Graefe, Albrecht von ...

(1828-1870). He was a personal physician to Prince Metternich (1773–1859), and the father of

Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (25 June 1818 in Vienna – 5 July 1884 in Vienna) was an Austrian ophthalmologist who was a native of Vienna. He was a professor at the University of Vienna, and was son to oculist Friedrich Jäger von Jaxtthal (1784- ...

(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,

Georg Bartisch Georg Bartisch (1535–1607) was a German physician who was a native of Königsbrück, Saxony. At the age of thirteen he began his medical career as an apprentice to a barber surgeon, and for a considerable portion of his life Bartisch was an ...

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

Francesco Flarer Francesco Flarer (27 November 1791 – 22 December 1859) was an ophthalmologist born near Merano, South Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire. He initially planned to study theology at Innsbruck, but instead enrolled to take classes in medicine, later relocati ...

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Selected writings

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

Early life and education

Career

Associated eponym

Selected writings

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