[The scientific achievement of surgeon Ernst von Bergmann (1836-1907) in the development of medicine in reference to his correspondence in the years 1877-1878].

The scientific achievements of the surgeon Ernst von Bergmann (1836-1907) for the development of medicine in reflection to his letters between 1877 and 1878. The name of Ernst von Bergmann is connected closely with the history of the university of Berlin. Because of his dedicated work and his outstanding achievements in the filed of medicine he be came the leading representative of German surgery at the end of the 19. century. He obtained special international reputation by his scientific, sanitary-political and military-surgery activity in the time of the Bulgarian war of liberation (1877-1878). His letters and writings enable the reader nowadays to complete the hitherto existing picture of Ernst von Bergmann by new aspects.