Прилог за биографију очног лекара др Марије Милер (1883–?)

Abstract

Maria Müller was one of the first female ophthalmologists in Serbia. Having researched the documents from several archives in Serbia – Belgrade, Novi Sad and Sremska Mitrovica, we were able to follow her life and work. Maria Müller was born in Budapest in 1883. From 1909 to 1919 she worked at the Budapest Hungarian Royal State Eye Hospital headed by the famous ophthalmologist Professor Ladislav Blaskovic. She arrived in Belgrade in 1920, and from March 1921 to November 1941 she worked as an ophthalmologist in Šabac. She founded and headed the Eye Department as well as the Trachoma Outpatients’ Department, giving great contribution to the development of ophthalmology in Šabac and the neighbouring region. From 1941 to 1946 Maria Müller worked in Petrovgrad (Veliki Bečkerek), today’s Zrenjanin, as the chief of Trachoma Department, while from 1946 in Sremska Mitrovica as the head of the Eye Department. The contribution of Dr. Maria Müller to the development of ophthalmology, especially in trachoma case-detection and treatment, is without any doubt outstanding.

Keywords: history of ophthalmology; female ophthalmologists; Serbia; first half of the 20th century