Louis Jurine practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Louis Jurine as Swiss physician and naturalist (1751-1819).
Louis Jurine was born at Geneva in 1751. His recorded nationality is Republic of Geneva.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at University of Bern and University of Geneva.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
That the work was done from Republic of Geneva matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Louis Jurine died in 1819, aged 68. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Bern and University of Geneva
