Ludwig Franz Alexander Winther practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Ludwig Franz Alexander Winther as German pathologist and ophthalmologist (1812–1871).
Ludwig Franz Alexander Winther was born at Offenbach am Main in 1812. His recorded nationality is German Reich.
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 Giessen.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
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.
Ludwig Franz Alexander Winther died in 1871, aged 59. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Giessen
