Mór Kaposi belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Mór Kaposi as Hungarian physician and dermatologist (1837–1902).
Mór Kaposi was born at Kaposvár in 1837. His recorded nationality is Hungary. 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 dermatology and venereology.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from Hungary matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Mór Kaposi died in 1902, aged 65. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Vienna
- Fields: dermatology and venereology
