Karl Kleist is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Karl Kleist as German psychiatrist (1879-1960).
Karl Kleist was born at Mulhouse in 1879. His recorded nationality is Germany.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rostock.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Karl Kleist died in 1960, aged 81. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Rostock
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