Paul Niehans belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Paul Niehans as Swiss physician (1882-1971).
Paul Niehans was born at Bern in 1882. His recorded nationality is Switzerland.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, laboratory medicine, vaccines and public health began to change mortality at population scale.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
That the work was done from Switzerland matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Paul Niehans died in 1971, aged 89. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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