Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost as German physician.
Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost was born at Rosperwenda in 1715. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Giessen and Leipzig University.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at University of Duisburg.
The recorded fields of work are physics.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
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 Gottlob Leidenfrost died in 1794, aged 79. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Duisburg
- Fields: physics
