Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben

Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben (1 March 1819 – 24 September 1895) was a German surgeon.

Born in Frankfurt on the Oder, he studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg, Giessen, Paris and Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1841 with a thesis on the construction of ductless glands.

In 1868 he returned to Berlin, where he worked at the Charité until his death on 24 September 1895.

[2] Known for his innovations associated with new surgical procedures, he is credited as being one of the first to introduce Joseph Lister's methodology for antiseptic treatment of wounds to the European continent.

[1] His daughter, Mite Kremnitz (born Marie von Bardeleben), was a noted German author.