Harvey Cushing
American surgeon, New Haven, Baltimore,
Boston 1869 - 1939, born in Cleveland/Ohio,
died in New Haven/Connecticut

Cushing was the author of numerous monographs
on brain surgery and developed the surgical applications
of local anaesthesia. More

Albrecht von Graefe
German ophthamologist, Prag, Paris, Wien,
London, Berlin 1828 - 1870, born in Finkenheerd/Preussen,
died in Berlin

Graefe's most fundamental area of activity was
weak sight with no organic damage to the eye. More

Victor Horsley
English surgeon, London 1857 - 1916,
born in Kensington, died in Amara/Mesopotamien

As a professor of pathology and clinical medicine,
Horsley was particularly concerned with the function
of the thyroid gland and brain localisation. More

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Austro-Hungarian gynaecologist and
obstetrician, Vienna, Pest 1818 - 1865,
born in Ofen/Budapest , died in Vienna

Semmelweis discovered the cause of
childbed fever in an infection with putrefactive
bacteria from dead bodies. More

Wilhelm Tönnis
German neurosurgeon, Stockholm, Berlin,
Bochum, Köln 1898 - 1978, born in Kley/Dortmund,
died in Köln

Tönnis is regarded in Germany as the pioneer
and founding father of neurosurgery. More