Ophthalmologist
Salomon Klein was born in Miskolc, Hungary, then part of the Austrian Empire. He graduated in 1870 and practiced in Vienna. From1883 he lectured in various capacities at the University of Vienna and from 1902 as associate professor of ophthalmology. Klein was also head of the ophthalmic department of the Rothschild Hospital at the Hohe Warte, near Vienna, and from 1895 also at the General Policlinic of Vienna. During his long life professor Klein performed over 5,000 glaucoma operations. In 1916 he retired.
His Augenspiegel und seine Anwendung was published in 1876. Another of professor Klein’s major works, the Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde was first published in 1879 and since then has been reprinted many times. It is still a standard work. He was also author of the Das Auge und seine Diaetetik (1882), and Grundriss der Augenheilkunde (1886). Professor Klein published scores of articles in scientific magazines and wrote special features for several encyclopedias and manuals, among them the results of researches concerning the syphilitic disease of the eyes and the effect of mental illness on the eyesight.
His scientific contribution to ophthalmology brought about his outstanding reputation amongst his colleagues, and the title of Hofrat granted to him by Emperor Franz Joseph.