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Pils iela 11

Ernst von Bergmann

Riga 1836 - Wiesbaden 1907
Baltic German surgeon. He is the beginner of aseptic surgery
(Wikipedia)

Jānis Strupulis
2011

Description

Stone plaque with bronze relief portrait and text in Latvian and German.

Inscription(s)

šajā vietā dzimis
ķirurģiskās aseptikas
pamatlicējs, profesors
Dr. ERNSTS fon BERGMANIS
1836-1907

geburtsort des begründers
der chirurgischen asepsis,
professor
Dr. ERNSTvon BERGMANN
1836-1907
bundesärztekammer, hans-neuffer-stiftung, 2011

Here was born
the founder of the
surgical asepsis
Professor
Dr. Ernst von Bergmann
1836-1907

Signature

monogram JS

Annotation

Unveiled 16 December 2011 at the 175th anniversary of Bergmann's birth by the German ambassador Klaus Burkhardt. The plaque was "von einem lettischen Künstler gestaltet" (sculpted by a Latvian artist).

Sculptor

Jānis Strupulis (Vecpiebalga 1949), Latvian medallist and painter (Wikipedia – Biography).

Sources & Information

Deutsche Botschaft, Riga, Ernst-von-Bergmann-Gedenktafel enthüllt.
Domus Rigensis, Domus Rigensis aktuell.
MedHist Rigensia, Ernsts fon Bergmanis (1836-1907) – aseptiskās ķirurģijas pamatlicējs.

Locatie (N 56°57'0" - E 24°6'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv025; Photograph: 10 July 2013
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