Albert Fraenkel is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Albert Fraenkel as German physician (1848-1916).
Albert Fraenkel was born at Frankfurt (Oder) in 1848. His recorded nationality is German Reich.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
The recorded fields of work are medicine, internal medicine and pathology.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from German Reich matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Albert Fraenkel died in 1916, aged 68. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Fields: medicine, internal medicine and pathology
