Jan Mikulicz-Radecki | |
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.jpg) Jan Mikulicz-Radecki, 1878 | |
| Born | 16 May 1850 |
| Died | 4 June 1905 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | German, Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | surgeon |
| Institutions | Kraków Königsberg Breslau |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodor Billroth |
Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (German: Johann Freiherr von Mikulicz-Radecki) was a German-Polish-Austrian surgeon who worked mainly in the German Empire. He was born on 16 May 1850 in Czerniowce in the Austrian Empire (present-day Chernivtsi in Ukraine) and died on 4 June 1905 in Breslau, German Empire (present-day Wrocław in Poland). He was professor in Kraków, Breslau, and Königsberg. He was the inventor of new operating techniques and tools, and is one of the pioneers of antiseptics and aseptic techniques. In Poland he is regarded as one of the founders of the Kraków school of surgery.