August Bier

August Bier
August Bier
August Bier
Born(1861-11-24)24 November 1861
Died12 March 1949(1949-03-12) (aged 87)
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Known forspinal anesthesia, intravenous regional anesthesia
SpouseAnna
AwardsCameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1910)
Geheimrat
Eagle Shield of the German Reich (1936)
German National Prize for Art and Science (1938)
Scientific career
Fieldssurgery, anesthesiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Greifswald,
University of Bonn,
Charité – Universitätsmedizin

August Karl Gustav Bier (24 November 1861 – 12 March 1949) was a German surgeon. He was the first to perform spinal anesthesia[1] and intravenous regional anesthesia.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Bier, A (1899). "Versuche uber cocainisirung des ruckenmarkes (Experiments on the cocainization of the spinal cord)". Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie (in German). 51 (3–4): 361–9. doi:10.1007/bf02792160. S2CID 41966814.
  2. ^ Bier, A (1908). "Ueber einen neuen weg localanasthesie in den gliedmaassen zu erzeugen (On a new technique to induce local anesthesia in extremities)". Langenbeck's Archiv für Klinische Chirurgie (in German). 86: 1007–16.
  3. ^ Bier, A (1909). "Ueber venenanasthesie (On venous anesthesia)". Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift (in German). 46: 477–89.
  4. ^ Wulf, HFW (1998). "The centennial of spinal anesthesia". Anesthesiology. 89 (2): 500–6. doi:10.1097/00000542-199808000-00028. PMID 9710410. S2CID 31186270.