Nikolai Pirogov
Nikolai Pirogov
Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov was a prominent Russian Empire scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most widely recognized Russian physicians. Considered to be the founder of field surgery, he was the first surgeon to use anaesthesia in a field operation (1847) and one of the first surgeons in Europe to use ether as an anaesthetic. He is credited with invention of various kinds of surgical operations and developing his own technique of using plaster casts to treat fractured bones.
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Male
Birth Place
Russia
Date of Death
November 23rd, 1881
Died Aged
-88
Star Sign
Scorpio
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