Gustav Huguenin belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Gustav Huguenin as Swiss physician (1840-1920).
Gustav Huguenin was born at Krauchthal in 1840. 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.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from Switzerland matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Gustav Huguenin died in 1920, aged 80. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Zurich
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