Pehr von Afzelius (14 December 1760, Larv – 2 December 1843 in

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, Sweden) was a Swedish medical doctor and professor in Uppsala. Afzelius was the brother of

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Adam Afzelius,

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Johan Afzelius, and doctoral advisor of Jacob Berzelius. From 1777 to 1781 he studied at

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, and in February 1784 began a lengthy study trip, in which he visited several European universities, most notably in

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and

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. During the

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, he served in

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as a Life Guards regimental doctor. In 1801 he succeeded Johan Gustaf Acrel as professor of medicine at Uppsala, where he twice served as university rector (1805, 1816). In 1820 he resigned his professorship, but kept working at the university hospital up until July 1831.

Selected works

* ''In aneurysmata femoris observationes'', (with Adolph Murray) 1785. * ''Dissertationum medicarum lineæ primæ'', (with Jacob Betulin) 1801. * ''In reformandam pharmacopoeam Suecicam prolegomena'', (with Jacob Betulin) 1801. * ''Brevväxling mellan Christopher Carlander och Pehr Afzelius, 1789-1822'', (1991) – Correspondence between Christopher Carlander and Pehr Afzelius.Most widely held works by Pehr von Afzelius
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Swedish military doctors 1760 births 1843 deaths Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University People from Vara Municipality Burials at Uppsala old cemetery 19th-century Swedish physicians {{Sweden-med-bio-stub