Thomas Platter the Younger belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Thomas Platter the Younger as Swiss physician, traveller and writer (1574-1628).
Thomas Platter the Younger was born at Basel in 1574. His recorded nationality is Switzerland. He trained at Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier.
Dissection returned in this period and overturned inherited anatomy, which had been copied without checking for centuries.
His posts were held at University of Basel.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from Switzerland matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Thomas Platter the Younger died in 1628, aged 54. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Basel
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