Paul Gottlieb Werlhof belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Paul Gottlieb Werlhof as German physician.
Paul Gottlieb Werlhof was born at Helmstedt in 1699. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at University of Helmstedt.
The circulation of the blood and the microscope arrived within a generation of each other, and medicine acquired a mechanism.
His posts were held at University of Göttingen.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: Fellow of the Royal Society.
That the work was done from Germany matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Paul Gottlieb Werlhof died in 1767, aged 68. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Held posts at University of Göttingen
