!!!Arlt, Ferdinand von b. Krupka, Czech Republic (then Ober-Graupen), April 18, 1812, d. Vienna, March 7, 1887, eye specialist, taught first in Prague, from 1858-1883 professor in Vienna, major reformer in the field of ophthalmology, first to discover the cause of short-sightedness. !Works Die Krankheiten des Auges, 3 vols., 1851; Die Kurzsichtigkeit, Entstehung und Ursachen, 1878. !Literature OeBL. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Arlt,_Ferdinand_von|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]