August Socin

August Socin (February 21, 1837 – January 22, 1899) was a Swiss surgeon and educator born in the town of Vevey.

Socin also gained valuable surgical experience working in military hospitals at Verona and Karlsruhe.

Socin is credited with the development of surgical innovations, and was a specialist involving gastrointestinal and "radical hernia" operations.

He was one of the first physicians in Europe to advocate the use of Joseph Lister’s antiseptic practices.

In Basel, he founded an institute that handled the prosthetic needs of disabled war veterans.