Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch (9 January 1823 – 23 February 1908) was a German surgeon. He developed the Esmarch bandage and founded the Deutscher Samariter-Verein, the predecessor of the Deutscher Samariter-Bund.
1823Jan, 9
Friedrich von Esmarch
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