As a pioneer initiative, Fuchs expanded the range of courses offered by the Vienna Medical Faculty by establishing summer courses in ophthalmology in the English language, which, from 1879 onwards, became a regular institution. Due to his innovative teaching and his Text-book of Ophthalmology, which was translated into English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese, Fuchs gained the highest appreciation worldwide. Thus, Fuchs was able to identify numerous new ocular diseases, most of them still bearing his name. Following the new guidelines issued by the 2nd Vienna Medical School, Fuchs based his understanding of eye diseases on the pathological changes in the ocular tissues uncovered by his extensive histological research.
Not only within the Vienna School of Ophthalmology, but even internationally, he is considered the most important Austrian ophthalmologist from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. For the first time, a complete scientific monograph dealing with the life and work of the ophthalmologist Ernst Fuchs (1851-1930) is presented.
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