Paul von Bruns
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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 on 2 July 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 on 2June 1916 in Tübingen.
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- Paul von Bruns obituary, British Medical Journal, 11 November 1916
- German surgeons
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- 1916 deaths
- People from Tübingen
- University of Tübingen faculty
- Military personnel of Württemberg
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
- Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
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