Georg Theodor August Gaffky practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Georg Theodor August Gaffky as German physician (1850–1918).
Georg Theodor August Gaffky was born at Hanover in 1850. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
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 Giessen.
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.
Georg Theodor August Gaffky died in 1918, aged 68. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Giessen
