Education
He studied medicine, but could not practise until after the promulgation of the edict of toleration by Emperor Joseph II in 1781.
He studied medicine, but could not practise until after the promulgation of the edict of toleration by Emperor Joseph II in 1781.
He received his medical diploma in 1782. He was thereupon appointed physician at the hospital in his native town, and subsequently head physician of the county of Zala. In 1785 he became physician at the health resort of Balatonfüred.
In 1802 Österreicher went to Vienna to practise.
Österreicher"s works include:
Analysis Aquarum Budensium Item Aquæ Sarisapiensis et Acidulæ Fürediensis, Vienna, 1781
Nachricht von den Bestandtheilen und Kräften des Füreder Sauerbrunnens, ib. 1792
Sal Mirabilis Nativus Hungaricus, ib.