Swiss-german surgeon, expert in military medicine, co-founder of the international committee of the red cross (icrc) (1818–1898).
Born October 13th, 1818 in Hanau.
Died March 1st, 1898 at 79 years old in Geneva.
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner