Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal

Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (June 25, 1818 - July 5, 1884) 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 (1784-1871), and grandson to Georg Joseph Beer (1763-1821).

Jaxtthal is remembered for his work in eye surgery, and his research of ophthalmic diseases. He was an early practitioner of the ophthalmoscope, and introduced direct ophthalmoscopy, a method he used to determine the refractive error in the eye. His best known written work is Ophthalmoskopischer Hand-Atlas, an atlas of diseases of the eye identified by the ophthalmoscope. Jaxtthal is also credited for making improvements to the Snellen chart.

Selected writings

 * Beiträge zur Pathologie des Auges.- Wien: Staatsdruckerei, 1855.
 * Ergebnisse der Untersuchung des menschlichen Auges mit dem Augenspiegel.- Wien: Staatsdr. 1855.
 * Ophthalmoskopischer Hand-Atlas. - Wien, Hofdruckerei 1869.