August Bier
August Karl Gustav Bier (24 November 1861, Bad Arolsen–12 March 1949, Sauen) was a German surgeon. He was the first to perform spinal anesthesia and intravenous regional anesthesia. After professorships in Greifswald and Bonn, Bier became Geheimrat Professor of Surgery and Chief Surgeon at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin in Berlin.
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