Paul von Bruns

Who was Paul von Bruns?

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.

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 larnyx, acute osteomyelitis, gunshot wounds, limb operations and the treatment of goiters, to name a few.

In 1885, he founded Beiträge zur klinischen Chirurgie, and was its editor until his death. With Ernst von Bergmann and Jan Mikulicz-Radecki, he published the four-volume Handbuch der Chirurgie.

Bruns died in Tübingen.