In the history of medicine, Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow as Austrian physician (1846–1891).
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow was born at Vienna in 1846. His recorded nationality is Cisleithania. He trained at University of Vienna.
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 test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Recognition followed: Order of Franz Joseph.
That the work was done from Cisleithania matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow died in 1891, aged 45. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of Franz Joseph
- Held posts at University of Vienna
