Friedrich Goll is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Friedrich Goll as Swiss neuroanatomist (1829-1903).
Friedrich Goll was born at Zofingen in 1829. His recorded nationality is Switzerland. He trained at University of Zurich.
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 Zurich.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from Switzerland matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Friedrich Goll died in 1903, aged 74. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Zurich
