Heinrich Fritsch practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Heinrich Fritsch as German gynecologist and obstetrician (1844-1915).
Heinrich Fritsch was born at Halle (Saale) in 1844. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
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 Bonn and University of Wrocław.
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.
Heinrich Fritsch died in 1915, aged 71. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Bonn and University of Wrocław
