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Joseph Manes Österreicher ( hu, Österreicher József Manes), Hungarian physician; born at

Óbuda Óbuda was a town in Hungary that was merged with Buda and Pest on 17 November 1873; it now forms part of District III-Óbuda-Békásmegyer of Budapest. The name means ''Old Buda'' in Hungarian (in German, ''Alt-Ofen''). The name in Bosnian, ...

1759; died at

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, December 14, 1831. He studied medicine, but could not practise until after the promulgation of the edict of toleration by Emperor Joseph II in 1781. He received his medical diploma in 1782. He was thereupon appointed physician at the hospital in his native town, and subsequently head physician of the county of Zala. In 1785 he became physician at the health resort of

Balatonfüred Balatonfüred (german: Bad Plattensee, sk, Blatenské Teplice) is a resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary, with a population of 13,000, situated on the northern shore of Lake Balaton. It is considered to be the capital of the Northern lake ...

. In 1802 Österreicher went to Vienna to practise. His investigations into the adulteration of food attracted the attention of Emperor Francis, who rewarded him with handsome gifts; and on his appointment as chief physician to the imperial household in 1818, he received the great gold medal of citizenship. Österreicher's works include: * ''Analysis Aquarum Budensium Item Aquæ Sarisapiensis et Acidulæ Fürediensis,'' Vienna, 1781 * ''Nachricht von den Bestandtheilen und Kräften des Füreder Sauerbrunnens,'' ib. 1792 * ''Sal Mirabilis Nativus Hungaricus,'' ib. 1801

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oesterreicher, Joseph Manes 1756 births 1831 deaths People from Óbuda Hungarian Jews 18th-century Hungarian people 19th-century Hungarian physicians Austro-Hungarian Jews