Samuel Gottlieb Vogel

Samuel Gottlieb von Vogel (14 March 1750, Erfurt, Holy Roman Empire – 19 January 1837) was a German physician.

He was a promoter of sea bathing for health and is considered the founding father of German seaside resorts.

He recommended preputial infibulation as a means to prevent masturbation by males in his 1786 text for parents and teachers.

While serving as the personal physician to Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1793 he began to promote the healing power of seaside resorts and helped found Heiligendamm.

Vogel was also a Privy Councilor and received a Prussian Order of the Red Eagle.