Richard L. Heschl is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Richard L. Heschl as Austrian anatomist (1824-1881).
Richard L. Heschl was born at Fürstenfeld in 1824. 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 and University of Graz.
The recorded fields of work are anatomy.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Richard L. Heschl died in 1881, aged 57. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Vienna and University of Graz
- Fields: anatomy
