title: Who remembers the first professor of ophthalmology?
abstract: The cradle of modern ophthalmology was the Joseph's Academy which still stands in Vienna's ninth district. History records some famous names from the academic lineage which flourished there in the nineteenth century, but few people have heard of Joseph Barth, who became the first professor of ophthalmology in 1773. A biography of Joseph Barth is presented.
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D049671:History, 18th Century; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history