Friedrich Gustav von Bramann

Friedrich Gustav von Bramann (September 25, 1854 - April 21, 1913) was a German surgeon from East Prussia. He studied medicine at the University of Königsberg, and was an assistant at the surgical hospital at the Charité in Berlin. In 1890 he became a full professor of surgery at Halle an der Saale. In 1887-88 he was an attending-physician to Kaiser Friedrich III (1831-1888) in San Remo.

Bramann is remembered for his use of minimal invasive surgical practices, and his pioneer work in neurosurgery. With neurologist Gabriel Anton (1858-1933), he researched suboccipital puncture and the Balkenstich method for treatment of hydrocephalus. The "Balkenstich method" was first practiced in 1908 by Bramann, and is a procedure in which the corpus callosum is perforated for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid.