Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben

Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben (March 1, 1819 - September 24, 1895) was a German surgeon who was born in Frankfurt (Oder). He studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg, Giessen, Paris and Berlin, receiving his doctorate from Berlin in 1841.Afterwards he was a professor of surgery at the University of Greifswald. In 1868 he became director at the Surgical Hospital at Charité Berlin, and in 1876 became Rector at the University of Berlin. He was also appointed "Surgeon General" during the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71).

Bardeleben was known as an exceptional surgeon, and remembered for introducing French surgical practices into Germany. He also spent time in Edinburgh learning Joseph Lister's (1827-1912) antiseptic methodology in regard to surgery. His daughter, Mite Kremnitz (born Marie von Bardeleben), was a noted German author.

Written works

* "Observationes microscopicae de glandularum ductu excretorio carentium structura, deque earundem functionibus experimenta" 1841
* "Lehrbuch yrtsthder Chirurgie und Operationslehre. Besonders für das Bedürfnis der Studierenden" ("Surgery Manual. Particularly for the Needs of Students"), 1852-1882
* "Über die konservative Richtung der neueren Chirurgie" ("About the Conservative Direction of the New Surgery"), 1855
* "Rückblick auf die Fortschritte der Chirurgie in der zweiten Hälfte dieses Jahrhunderts" ("Review of the Progress of Surgery in the Second Half of This Century"), 1876
* "Über die Bedeutung wissenschaftlicher Studien für die Ausbildung der Ärzte" ("About the Meaning of Scientific Studies for the Formation of Physicians"), 1876
* "Rede zur Gedächtnisfeier der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin" ("Speech regarding the Commemoration of the Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin"), 1877
* "Über die Theorie der Wunden und die neueren Methoden der Wundbehandlung" ("About the Theory of Wounds and the Newer Methods of Wound Treatment"), 1878
* "Über die kriegschirurgische Bedeutung der neuen Geschosse" ("About the Significance of Military Surgery in Regard to the New Bullets"), 1892