In the history of medicine, Joseph von Mering is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Joseph von Mering as German physician (1849–1908).
Joseph von Mering was born at Cologne in 1849. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Bonn and University of Strasbourg.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
The recorded fields of work are pharmacology.
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.
Joseph von Mering died in 1908, aged 59. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Fields: pharmacology
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