Simon Pallas

Simon Pallas
Born	1694 Berlin, Holy Roman Empire
Died	July 24, 1770
Nationality	German
Fields	Medicine Surgery
Institutions	Collegium medico-chirurgicum
Influenced	Peter Simon Pallas August Friedrich Pallas

Simon Pallas (1694 – July 24, 1770) was a German physician.

Pallas was born in Berlin, where he remained through his life. He was professor of surgery at the Collegium medico-chirurgicum, and first surgeon at the Charité hospital. He was considered a bold surgeon, and wrote a number of textbooks on the subject.

He was the father of famous zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas, and of physician August Friedrich Pallas.

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