Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig as German physician (1770-1839).
Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig was born at Eilenburg in 1770. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Gymnasium St. Augustin and Leipzig University.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at TU Dresden and University of Wittenberg.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig died in 1839, aged 69. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at TU Dresden and University of Wittenberg
