Ludwig Georg Courvoisier

Ludwig Georg Courvoisier
Born8 April 1843
Died10 November 1918(1918-11-10) (aged 75)
NationalitySwiss
Known forCourvoisier's law
Scientific career
Fieldssurgery

Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (10 November 1843 – 8 April 1918) was a surgeon from Basel, Switzerland. He was one of the first doctors to remove gallstones from the common bile duct and he described Courvoisier's law, stating that painless gallbladder enlargement is likely to be caused by a disorder other than gallstones.