Constantin von Economo belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Constantin von Economo as Romanian psychiatrist (1876–1931).
Constantin von Economo was born at Brăila in 1876. His recorded nationality is Austria. He trained at University of Vienna and TU Wien.
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.
The recorded fields of work are physician, medicine and neurology.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from Austria matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Constantin von Economo died in 1931, aged 55. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Vienna
- Fields: physician, medicine and neurology
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