Enrico Morselli is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Enrico Morselli as Italian psychiatrist and anthropologist (1852–1929).
Enrico Morselli was born at Modena in 1852. His recorded nationality is Italy.
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 Turin.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from Italy matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Enrico Morselli died in 1929, aged 77. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Turin
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