- Johann Adam Schmidt
Johann Adam Schmidt (1759-1809) was a German-Austrian
surgeon andophthalmologist who was a native ofAub , a town nearWürzburg . He studied underJoseph Barth (1745-1818) inVienna , and began his medical career as an army surgeon. In 1789 he became a professor ofanatomy and surgery at "Josephs-Akademie" in Vienna.Schmidt is known for his pioneer work with
lacrimal surgery and his research ofiritis . In 1802 withKarl Gustav Himly (1772-1837) he founded "Ophthalmologische Bibliothek", which was the first German magazine of ophthalmic medicine. In 1811 his "Lehrbuch der Materia Medica" was published posthumously, which was a work on medicinal plants and their properties. In this book the term "pharmacognosy " is originally coined.Schmidt is best remembered as a personal physician of
Ludwig van Beethoven , whom he attended to from 1801 until 1809. Beethoven dedicated the trio forpiano ,violin andcello inE flat major opus 38 (arrangement of the Septet opus 20) to Schmidt.ee also
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Georg Joseph Beer
*Joseph Barth
*Karl Gustav Himly References
* [http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyDoctors.html Ludwig von Beethoven's Biography]
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