Albrecht Theodor Middeldorpf belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Albrecht Theodor Middeldorpf as German surgeon and university teacher (1824–1868).
Albrecht Theodor Middeldorpf was born at Wrocław in 1824. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Wrocław.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at University of Wrocław.
The recorded fields of work are medicine and surgery.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class.
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Albrecht Theodor Middeldorpf died in 1868, aged 44. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class
- Held posts at University of Wrocław
- Fields: medicine and surgery
