Emil du Bois-Reymond belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Emil du Bois-Reymond as German physician and physiologist (1818–1896).
Emil du Bois-Reymond was born at Berlin in 1818. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Bonn and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Frederick William University Berlin and Academy of Arts, Berlin.
The recorded fields of work are electrophysiology and physiology.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: Helmholtz Medal (1892).
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Emil du Bois-Reymond died in 1896, aged 78. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Helmholtz Medal — 1892
- Held posts at Frederick William University Berlin and Academy of Arts, Berlin
- Fields: electrophysiology and physiology
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