Leon Sculy Logothetides (also known as Sculy Logotheti or only Sculy, sometimes Scully or, erroneously, Scully-Logothely)[1] (born in 1853, Piatra Neamț, Principality of Moldavia – died in 1912, Iași, Kingdom of Romania)[2] was a Romanian politician (member of the Chamber of Deputies)[1] and surgeon, professor at the Faculty of Medicine from Iași, one of the founders of the surgery school in Iași.
He had a brother, Vasile Sculy (1844–1918), lawyer, MP and senator, married to Sofia Exarhu, and a sister, Cleopatra.
[7] Leon Sculy was the first to practice in Romania, in December 1904 – January 1905, the pulmonary decortication for chronic pleural empyema.
[8] Introducing asepsis and antisepsis, sterilization of equipment in an autoclave and the use of sterile water for hand washing in his surgical service,[8] Leon Sculy was among the first to use radiology in Romania, installing a diagnostic unit at Saint Spyridon Hospital in Iași.
[9] Under his leadership were trained personalities of the Romanian surgery school, such as Ernest Juvara, Ion Tănăsescu, Paul Anghel, and Nicolae Hortolomei.