Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn as German physician.
Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn was born at Brunswick in 1774. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Göttingen.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.
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.
Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn died in 1848, aged 74. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
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