Anton (von) Rosas (1791-1855): on the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth. Part I.

A reappraisal is made of Anton von Rosas and his career, on the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth. Rosas was the second head (1819-1821) of the oldest chair of ophthalmology, in Padua, which was re-established under him, and thereafter, second head of the oldest chair in continuous existence, in Vienna, 1822-1855.