Francisc Rainer
Romanian pathologist, physiologist and anthropologist · Romania · On the map · Academics · Lived 1874 to 1944 · aged 69
Francisc Iosif Rainer was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian pathologist, physiologist and anthropologist. From an immigrant family, he earned early recognition for his experimental work in anatomy, and helped reform Romanian medical science.
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Intern Rainer (in dark suit, perched) witnessing an autopsy performed by Nicolae Minovici, ca. 1900
Rainer in his lab, with a specimen of cervical vertebrae (1926)
Rainer performing anthropometry at Fundu Moldovei (1928)
Rainer at his anthropological research center, alongside King Michael I and Queen Helen (autumn 1940)About this person
He spent much of his youth training himself in anatomical pathology and the various areas of natural science, gaining direct experience as a microbiologist, surgeon, and military physician. With teaching positions at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, where he established specialized sections, Rainer became a noted promoter of science and an innovator in his field. He notably favored and introduced the anatomical study of "functional structures", and was in particular preoccupied with issues pertaining to ontogenesis and kinesiology. An intellectual influence on several generations of doctors, his wife was Marta Trancu-Rainer, Romania's first female surgeon.
