In the history of medicine, Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben as German surgeon (1819–1895).
Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben was born at Frankfurt (Oder) in 1819. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Heidelberg University.
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, University of Greifswald and Heidelberg University.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben died in 1895, aged 76. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Giessen, University of Greifswald and Heidelberg University
