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Simon Pallas

Simon Pallas
Born1694
DiedJuly 24, 1770
NationalityPrussian
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
Surgery
InstitutionsCollegium medico-chirurgicum

Simon Pallas (1694 – July 24, 1770) was a Prussian physician.[1]

Pallas was born in Berlin, where he remained through his life. He was professor of surgery at the Collegium medico-chirurgicum, and first surgeon at the Charité hospital. He was considered a bold surgeon, and wrote a number of textbooks on the subject.

He was the father of famous zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas, and of physician August Friedrich Pallas.

Writings

  • Anleitung zur praktischen Chirurgie (Guide to Practical Surgery; 1763, 1770)
  • Ueber die chirurgischen Operatione (On the Surgical Operations; 1763, 1770)
  • Anleitung die Knochenkrankheiten zu heilen (Guide to Healing Bone Diseases; 1770)

References

  1. ^ Lammel, H U (November 1994). "[Simon Pallas (1694-1770) and surgical education in Berlin]". Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung. 88 (11): 937–42. PMID 7839718.