In the history of medicine, Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth as Württembergian physician.
Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth was born at Stuttgart in 1772. His recorded nationality is Duchy of Württemberg.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at University of Tübingen.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
That the work was done from Duchy of Württemberg matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth died in 1835, aged 63. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Tübingen
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