Friedrich Meggendorfer
Friedrich Meggendorfer | |
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| Born | 7 June 1880 University of Erlangen |
Friedrich Meggendorfer (June 7, 1880 – February 12, 1953) was a German
neurologist
.
Life
Born in
German imperial navy. There he learnt much about the Turkish culture and was able to translate ancient Arabic medical works into German and the bible to Turkish, an effort that was lost later, when he narrowly escaped a sinking submarine.[2]
Scientific Work
Meggendorfer was an assistant to
Erlangen
.
His scientific activities were very versatile, ranging from moral insanity and dementia to epilepsy, progressive paralysis and Huntington's disease.[2] Additionally, he was a recognized expert in forensic psychiatry.
Meggendorfer was a pioneer in electroconvulsive therapy and introduced this treatment method in Germany in 1939.
Secondary
pituitary neoplasms.[3]
In 1930 he provided an early description of familial Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in the "Backer family" of northern Germany. The case had already been reported in 1924 by Kirschbaum, but it was Meggendorfer who showed that the subject described by Kirschbaum was a member of a large kindred.[4][5]
Selected publications
- Gerichtliche Psychiatrie (Judicial Psychiatry), Carl Heymanns Verlag, Berlin 1931. DNB ID 58068489X
- Elektrokrampfbehandlung der Psychosen. In: Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 66, 1940, S. 1155–1157.
- Allgemeine und spezielle Therapie der Geistes- und Nervenkrankheiten (General and Special Treatment of Mental and Neurological Health), Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1950, DNB ID 453283039
Notes
- ISBN 978-3-515-11964-1.
- ^ PMID 13095118
- PMID 14522861
References
- The original version of this article is based on a translation of an article from the Polish Wikipedia.
- Oxford Journals Familial prion diseases: Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and fatal insomnia
- F. Flugel. In memoriam Friedrich Meggendorfer. PMID 13119344
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