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Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (28 September 1841 – 7 July 1905) was a German
internist born in Alt-Lietzegöricke ( pl,
Stare Łysogórki), near
Bärwalde in der Neumark ( pl, Mieszkowice),
Neumark
The Neumark (), also known as the New March ( pl, Nowa Marchia) or as East Brandenburg (), was a region of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and its successors located east of the Oder River in territory which became part of Poland in 1945.
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,
Brandenburg
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.
Career
The son of a
pharmacist, from 1858 to 1863 Nothnagel studied under
Ludwig Traube (1818–1876) and
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (; or ; 13 October 18215 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder ...
(1821–1902) at the
University of Berlin
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. From 1865 to 1868 he was an assistant to
Ernst Viktor von Leyden (1832–1910) at the
University of Königsberg
The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Pruss ...
where, in 1866, he was habilitated for
internal medicine. From 1868 to 1870 he worked as a military physician and lecturer in Berlin and later served in the same roles at
Breslau (1870–72).
In 1872 he relocated to
Freiburg
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and in 1874 was appointed full professor at the medical clinic in
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...
. From 1882 until his death in 1905, he was a professor at the university clinic in
Vienna
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. One of his better known students was
Constantin von Economo
Constantin Freiherr von Economo ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος Οικονόμου; 21 August 1876 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist of Greek descent, born in modern-day Romania (then Ottoman Empire). He is mos ...
(1876–1931). In 1879 he became a member of the
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded ...
.
In 1876 he described the irregular pulse associated with
atrial fibrillation. At the time he referred to this finding as "delirium cordis". The eponymous "
Nothnagel's syndrome" is named after him, a disorder characterized by ipsilateral
oculomotor palsy and contralateral
cerebellar ataxia
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Cerebellar ataxia can occur as a result of many diseases and may present with symptom ...
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He died in
Vienna
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. He is interred at the Protestant Friedhof Matzleinsdorf (top middle vault, No. 109). In 1922
medical historian Max Neuburger published his biography with the title "''Hermann Nothnagel, Leben und Wirken eines deutschen Klinikers''".
Published works
In collaboration with other physicians, Nothnagel published "''Specielle Pathologie und Therapie''", a comprehensive 24-volume handbook of medicine. Prior editions of this work were issued by
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (; or ; 13 October 18215 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder ...
(from 1854 to 1876) and
Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen
Hugo (Wilhelm) von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 – 21 January 1902) was a German physician, born in Greifswald.
He studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald, Berlin, and Würzburg. In 1863 he was called to the University of Erlangen ...
(from 1875 to 1885) as "''Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie''".
Bibliography of Nothnagel
at Who Named It
''Whonamedit?'' is an online English-language dictionary of medical eponyms and the people associated with their identification. Though it is a dictionary, many eponyms and persons are presented in extensive articles with comprehensive bibliograp ...
* ''Handbuch der Arzneimittellehre''. 1870.
Digital 4th edition from 1880
by the University and State Library Düsseldorf); with Michael Joseph Rossbach, from the 3rd edition onward.
* ''Über den epileptischen Anfall''. (in Richard von Volkmann
Richard von Volkmann (17 August 1830 – 28 November 1889) was a prominent German surgeon and author of poetry and fiction. Some of his works were illustrated by his son, Hans, a well known artist.
Biography
He was born in Leipzig on 17 August ...
's Sammlung klinischer Vorträge), 1872
* ''Über die Diagnose und Aetiologie der einseitigen Lungenschrumpfung''. (in Volkmann's Sammlung klinischer Vorträge, 1874.
* ''Über Neuritis in diagnostischer und pathologischer Beziehung''. (in Volkmann's Sammlung klinischer Vorträge), 1876.
* ''Anämie und Hyperämie, Blutungen und Erweichungen des Gehirns.
* ''Epilepsie''. (in Ziemssen's Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie).
* ''Tophische Diagnostik der Gehirnkrankheiten. Eine klinische Studie''. 1879.
* ''Die Symptomatologie der Darmgeschwüre''. (in Volkmann's Sammlung klinischer Vorträge), 1881.
* ''Beiträge zur Physiologie und Pathologie des Darms''. 1884.
* ''Vorträge über die Diagnose bei den Gehirnkrankheiten''. 1887.
* ''Specielle Pathologie und Therapie''. 1894–1905, 24 volumes.
* ''Die Erkrankungen des Darms und des Peritoneum''. (in Ziemmsen's Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie).
See also
* Ernst Remak
* Ottmar Rosenbach
References
External links
*
''Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel''
at Who Named It
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