[From Carl Ferdinand von Graefe (1787-1840) to Gustav Biedermann Günter (1801-1866) and his school].

A for the most part unknown surgical school in Germany is presented. She begins and ends in Saxony and reaches from the 18th to the begin of the 20th century. The protagonists of this school are Carl Ferdinand von Graefe and Gustav Biedermann Günther. Their characteristics are a strict indication, the surgery of skin, bones and joints as well as the ambulance surgery. Beside plastic surgery this school brought out many other specialties too.