Franz Christoph von Rothmund practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Franz Christoph von Rothmund as surgeon (1801–1891).
Franz Christoph von Rothmund was born at Dettelbach in 1801. His recorded nationality is Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
That the work was done from Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Franz Christoph von Rothmund died in 1891, aged 90. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
