Leopold von Schrötter practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Leopold von Schrötter as Austrian physician (1837-1908).
Leopold von Schrötter was born at Graz in 1837. His recorded nationality is Cisleithania. He trained at University of Vienna.
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 Vienna.
The recorded fields of work are medicine.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class (1888), Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph (1899), Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog (1904) and Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star (1907).
That the work was done from Cisleithania matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Leopold von Schrötter died in 1908, aged 71. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class — 1888
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph — 1899
- Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog — 1904
- Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star — 1907
- Held posts at University of Vienna
- Fields: medicine
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