Konrad Rieger is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Konrad Rieger as German psychiatrist (1855–1939).
Konrad Rieger was born at Calw in 1855. His recorded nationality is German Reich. He trained at University of Würzburg and University of Tübingen.
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 Würzburg.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from German Reich matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Konrad Rieger died in 1939, aged 84. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Würzburg
