Pauls Stradiņš

Pauls Stradiņš
Latvian postage stamp (1996)
Born(1896-01-17)17 January 1896
Viesīte (now Jēkabpils Municipality), Courland Governorate (now Latvia)
Died14 August 1958(1958-08-14) (aged 62)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Alma materImperial Medical and Surgical Academy of Petrograd
Known forPioneering work on peripheral nerve injury, blood transfusion, and cancer treatment
Spouse(s)Ņina Stradiņa (née Malysheva, 1897–1991)

Pauls Stradiņš (17 January 1896 – 14 August 1958) was a Latvian professor, physician, and surgeon who founded the Museum of the History of Medicine in Riga.

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