Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold as German physiologist and zoologist (1804-1885).
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold was born at Würzburg in 1804. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Bavaria. He trained at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and University of Freiburg.
The recorded fields of work are physiology and zoology.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Swammerdam Medal (1880).
That the work was done from Kingdom of Bavaria matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold died in 1885, aged 81. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Swammerdam Medal — 1880
- Held posts at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and University of Freiburg
- Fields: physiology and zoology
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