Alfred Dührssen is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Alfred Dührssen as German gynecologist and obstetrician (1862-1933).
Alfred Dührssen was born at Heide in 1862. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Marburg.
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, obstetrics and gynaecology.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Alfred Dührssen died in 1933, aged 71. 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, obstetrics and gynaecology
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