In the history of medicine, Ernst Gottfried Baldinger is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Ernst Gottfried Baldinger as physician (1738-1804).
Ernst Gottfried Baldinger was born at Großvargula in 1738. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Erfurt and University of Jena.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at University of Jena, University of Marburg and University of Göttingen.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Ernst Gottfried Baldinger died in 1804, aged 66. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Jena, University of Marburg and University of Göttingen
