Max Neuburger

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Max Neuburger

1868–1955

A leading Viennese medical historian, he helped turn the history of medicine into a modern academic field and wrote a widely respected multi-volume survey of medicine's past. His life stretched from the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the mid-20th century, and his work remained closely tied to Vienna throughout.

2 Audiobooks

Geschichte der Medizin. I. Band

Geschichte der Medizin. I. Band

by Max Neuburger

Geschichte der Medizin. II. Band, Erster Teil

Geschichte der Medizin. II. Band, Erster Teil

by Max Neuburger

About the author

Born in Vienna on December 8, 1868, Max Neuburger became one of the most important historians of medicine in the German-speaking world. Trained as a physician, he later focused on medical history and built his career around research, teaching, and writing about how medicine developed across different eras.

He is especially known for his major historical studies of medicine, including a large multi-volume history that was widely valued by scholars. Neuburger also taught in Vienna and helped establish medical history as a serious university discipline rather than a side interest for doctors.

Neuburger died in Vienna on March 15, 1955. Today he is remembered above all as a pioneer who gave the history of medicine a stronger scholarly foundation and helped preserve Vienna's place in that field.