Eugène Koeberlé

Eugène Koeberlé (4 January 1828, Sélestat - 13 June 1915, Strasbourg) was a French and German surgeon to the Faculté de médecine in Strasbourg, earning his agrégation in 1853.

[1] Koeberlé specialized in abdominal surgery, in particular pioneer work involving ovariotomy and [2] hysterectomy operations.

[3][4] He is also credited for developing a precursor of present-day surgical hemostats[5] During the latter part of his career he devoted his energies to poetry and archaeology.

[6] The Lycée Docteur-Koeberlé in his hometown of Sélestat is named in his honour.

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Eugène Koeberlé (1855)
Commemorative plaque on the house in which he died