Paul von Bruns was a German surgeon

Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

. He was born in Tübingen

Tübingen

Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

 to surgeon Victor von Bruns

Victor von Bruns

Victor von Bruns was a German surgeon born in Helmstedt. He studied at Braunschweig, Tübingen, Halle and Berlin, and from 1843 to 1882 was a professor of surgery at the University of Tübingen. His son, Paul von Bruns was also a professor of surgery at Tübingen...

. His father-in-law was Protestant theologian Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker

Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker

Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker was a German Protestant theologian.-Biography:Weizsäcker was born in Öhringen near Heilbronn in Württemberg, and studied at Tübingen and Berlin....

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In 1882, Bruns became director of the surgical clinic at Tübingen, as well as a full professor at the University. He is remembered for his research in the field of laryngology

Laryngology

Laryngology is that branch of medicine which deals with disorders, diseases and injuries of the vocal apparatus, especially the larynx. Common conditions addressed by laryngologists include vocal fold nodules and cysts, laryngeal cancer, spasmodic dysphonia, laryngopharyngeal reflux, papillomas,...

 and his work involving goiters and limb operations.

In 1885, he founded Beiträge zur klinischen Chirurgie (Contributions to Clinical Surgery), and was its editor until his death. With Ernst von Bergmann

Ernst von Bergmann

Ernst von Bergmann was a Baltic German surgeon. He is the beginner of aseptic surgery.Born in Riga, Livonia , in 1860 he earned his doctorate at the University of Dorpat, and later returned to Dorpat in 1871, where he was a professor of surgery until 1878...

 (1836-1907) and Jan Mikulicz-Radecki

Jan Mikulicz-Radecki

Jan Mikulicz-Radecki was a Polish-Austrian surgeon. He was born May 16, 1850 in Czernowitz in the Austrian Empire and died June 4, 1905 in Breslau, German Empire .While his mother Freiin von Damnitz was Austrian, his parental ancestors of the Mikulicz...

(1850-1905), he published the four-volume Handbuch der Chirurgie (Handbook of Surgery).