August Leopold von Reuss (5 November 1841 – 4 September 1924) was an Austrian ophthalmologist. He was born in Bilin, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. He was the son of the geologist August Emanuel von Reuss (1811-1873), and father to the pediatrician August Reuss (1879-1954).

Life

He studied at Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague, and at the University of Vienna, where he obtained his degree in 1865. In Vienna, he was a student of Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819-1892) and Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (1818-1884). From 1866 to 1870 he was an assistant to the ophthalmologist Carl Ferdinand von Arlt (1812-1887). Later on, he became director of the ophthalmology department at the Allgemeine Poliklinik in Vienna (1872). In 1909 was named chief of the entire polyclinic. Reuss made several contributions involving the mathematical aspects of ophthalmic medicine, conducting studies involving optics, ophthalmometry and curvature of the cornea. He also performed extensive research of color blindness, and developed a pseudo-isochromatic color chart that was formerly used to test color blindness. He published over 75 scientific works, including a 1902 treatise on the visual field in nervous disorders, Das Gesichtsfeld bei functionellen Nervenleiden.

Works

Essays about Reuss