Friedrich Gustav von Bramann

Friedrich Gustav von Bramann (25 September 1854 – 21 April 1913) was a German surgeon born in Wilhelmsberg near Darkehmen, East Prussia.

In 1890 he was appointed professor (Ordinarius) of surgery at the University of Halle an der Saale, succeeding Richard von Volkmann In 1887-88 he was attending surgeon to the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm in San Remo.

When Friedrich died just three months later, the autopsy Bramann's emergency measure, disregarding the former assessment of Morell Mackenzie and Rudolf Virchow.

With neurologist Gabriel Anton, he researched suboccipital puncture and the "Balkenstich method" for treatment of hydrocephalus.

The "Balkenstich method" was first introduced in 1908 by Bramann and Anton, and is a procedure in which the corpus callosum (a tract of white matter connecting the brain's two halves) is pierced for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid.