Ludwig Bruns
Ludwig Bruns (25 June 1858 – 9 November 1916) was a German
neurologist who was a native of Hanover
.
He studied medicine in
Jean Charcot) and England, later returning to his hometown of Hanover, where in 1903 he became a professor of neurology
. Bruns was the first director of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Nervenärzte (German Society of Neurologists).
Bruns was interested in all aspects of neurology, however he is best known for his work in the fields of child neurology and
tumors
titled Die Geschwultse des Nervensystem (Tumors of the Nervous System).
Associated eponyms
- Bruns ataxia: Difficulty in moving the feet when they are in contact with the ground and a tendency to fall backwards, associated with frontal lobelesions.
- Bruns’ syndrome: Characterized by sudden and severe vertigo, triggered by abrupt movement of the head. Principal causes are cysts and cysticerosis of the fourth ventricle, and tumours of the midline of the cerebellum and third ventricle.
- Bastian-Bruns law: In complete transverse lesion in the upper spinal cord, the tendon reflexes and muscular tone below the level of the lesion are lost. Named with neurologist Henry Charlton Bastian(1837-1915).
- Bruns nystagmus: Bilateral nystagmus found in patients with vestibular schwannoma.
References
- Stephen Ashwal (1990). The founders of child neurology. Norman Publishing. ISBN 0-930405-26-9.
- Ludwig Bruns @ Who Named It
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