In the history of medicine, Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder as German anatomist (1724-1774).
Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder was born at Wetzlar in 1724. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Göttingen.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at Collegium medicum.
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.
Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder died in 1774, aged 50. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Collegium medicum
