Paul von Bruns
German surgeon
Died when: 69 years 336 days (839 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Paul von Bruns was a German surgeon.He was born in Tübingen, and was the son of surgeon Victor von Bruns.
His father-in-law was Protestant theologian Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker.Bruns was born July 2, 1846.In 1882, Bruns became director of the surgical clinic at Tübingen, as well as a full professor at the University.
He was the author of works on numerous medical subjects — laryngotomy for removal of growths in the larynx, acute osteomyelitis, gunshot wounds, limb operations and the treatment of goiters, to name a few.
In 1885, he founded Beiträge zur klinischen Chirurgie (Contributions to Clinical Surgery), and was its editor until his death.With Ernst von Bergmann (1836-1907) and Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850-1905), he published the four-volume Handbuch der Chirurgie (Handbook of Surgery).
He died – June 2, 1916 in Tübingen.
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