Ernst von Bergmann introduced the autoclave, a device used for the practice of the sterilization of surgical instruments.
With Ernst von Bergmann (1836-1907) and Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850-1905), he published the four-volume Handbuch der Chirurgie (Handbook of Surgery).
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Disbanded users were the Medical Instruction Battalion 851, the Reserve Hospital Group 7609 and a branch of the former Military Hospital Amberg.
The huge main building (earlier on number 1701; today number 1) was the second largest after the Pentagon, which was used by the U.S. Army.
Amongst his awards were the Ernst-von-Bergmann-Plakette of the German Medical Association as well as the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande (Federal Cross of Merit).