Alfred Bannwarth (1903–1969) was a German
neurologist
Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal c ...
who is credited for first reporting
lymphocytic meningoradiculitis
Lymphocytic meningoradiculitis, also known as Bannwarth syndrome, is a neurological disease characterized as intense nerve pain radiating from the spine. The disease is caused by an infection of ''Borrelia burgdorferi'', a tick-borne spirochete bac ...
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Biography
Early life and education
After first studying music, Bannwarth studied medicine in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
, Germany, and later became an assistant to German neurologist
Max Nonne
Max Nonne (13 January 1861, Hamburg – 12 August 1959, Hamburg) was a German neurologist.
Biography
Max Nonne received his early education at the ''Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums'' in Hamburg, and later studied medicine at the universities of ...
in
Hamburg
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Hamburgian(s)
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Military service
Bannwarth enlisted as a military doctor in the German military in 1945. During his service, he was stationed in the valley of
Lake Tegern, where he was captured by American soldiers and held prisoner until June 1946.
References
Further reading
*"Chronische lymphocytäre Meningitis, entzündliche Polyneuritis und 'Rheumatismus'. Ein Beitrag zum Problem 'Allergie und Nervensystem'." ''Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten'', Berlin, 1941, 113: 284–376.
*"Zur Klinik und Pathogenese der 'chronischen lymphocytären Meningitis'." ''Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten'', Berlin, 1944, 117: 161–185, 682–716.
External links
Who Named It?
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Lyme disease researchers
German neurologists
1903 births
1970 deaths
20th-century German physicians