Joseph Wattmann

Joseph Wattmann von Maëlcamp-Beaulieu (6 March 1789, Oberlangbath – 14 September 1866) was an Austrian surgeon.

He studied medicine at the surgical academy associated with Vienna General Hospital, afterwards working as a physician and surgeon in Wels.

Following a scientific journey to Italy, he was appointed professor of practical surgery and director of the surgical institute in Vienna (1824).

[1] Wattmann was a pioneer of lithotripsy in Austria, publishing a detailed account of the procedure in the treatise Über die Steinzerbohrung und ihr Verhältniß zum Blasenschnitte.

[3][4] A thoroughfare in the Hietzing district of Vienna, the Wattmanngasse, is named in his honor.