Friedrich Jolly belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Friedrich Jolly as German neurologist and psychiatrist (1844–1904).
Friedrich Jolly was born at Heidelberg in 1844. His recorded nationality is Grand Duchy of Baden. He trained at University of Göttingen.
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 Würzburg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Charité.
The recorded fields of work are medicine.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from Grand Duchy of Baden matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Friedrich Jolly died in 1904, aged 60. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Würzburg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Charité
- Fields: medicine
