Carl von Noorden is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Carl von Noorden as German physician (1858-1944).
Carl von Noorden was born at Bonn in 1858. His recorded nationality is German Reich. He trained at Leipzig University and University of Tübingen.
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 Vienna.
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.
Carl von Noorden died in 1944, aged 86. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Vienna
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