Louis Appia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss surgeon/military medicine
Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1818
Place of Birth: Hanau, Hesse, Germany
Date of Death: 01-May-1898
Profession: surgeon, military physician
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Louis Appia
- Louis Paul Amédée Appia (13 October 1818 – 1 May 1898) was a Swiss surgeon with special merit in the area of military medicine.
- In 1863 he became a member of the Geneva "Committee of Five", which was the precursor to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- Six years later he met Clara Barton, an encounter which had significant influence on Clara Barton's subsequent endeavours to found a Red Cross society in the United States and her campaign for an accession of the US to the Geneva Convention of 1864.
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