Christian Bohr is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Christian Bohr as Danish physician (1855-1911).
Christian Bohr was born at Copenhagen in 1855. His recorded nationality is Denmark. He trained at University of Copenhagen and Leipzig University.
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 Copenhagen.
The recorded fields of work are medicine.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (1896).
That the work was done from Denmark matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Christian Bohr died in 1911, aged 56. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog — 1896
- Held posts at University of Copenhagen
- Fields: medicine
