In the history of medicine, Gabriel Langfeldt is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Gabriel Langfeldt as Norwegian psychiatrist.
Gabriel Langfeldt was born at Kristiansand Municipality in 1895. His recorded nationality is Norway. He trained at University of Oslo and Kristiansand Cathedral School.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, laboratory medicine, vaccines and public health began to change mortality at population scale.
His posts were held at University of Oslo.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
That the work was done from Norway matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Gabriel Langfeldt died in 1983, aged 88. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Oslo
