Hermann Zingerle (31 March 1870 – 25 April 1935) was an Austrian

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and

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born in

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. In 1894 he earned his medical degree from the

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, becoming an assistant at the

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during the following year. In 1899 he received his habilitation for psychiatry and

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, and from 1909 to 1926 was an associate professor at

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. His name is associated with Zingerle's automatosis ( Zingerle syndrome), a condition in which an individual experiences visual

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taking place during automatic movements and changes in posture. The term "Zingerle syndrome" was named in his honor by Swiss neurologist

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(1894–1982).

Selected publications

* ''Ueber die Bedeutung des Balkenmangels im menschlichen Grosshirne'' (1898) – On the importance of the

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defect in the enlarged brains of humans. * ''Erwiderung auf den Aufsatz von Dr. O. von Leonowa-v. Lange: Zur pathologischen Entwickelung des Centralnervensystems'' (1904) – Response to the article by Dr. Leonowa-Lange: On the pathological development of the

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. * ''Untersuchung einer menschlichen Doppelmißbildung (Cephalothoracopag. monosymmetr.) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Centralnervensystems'' (1907) – Examination of a human ''Doppelmißbildung'' (cephalothoracopagus monosymmetros), with special reference to the central nervous system. * ''Über Stellreflexe und Automatische Lageänderungen des Körpers Beim Menschen'' (1924) – On "righting reflexes" and automatic changes involving the positioning of the body in humans. * ''Klinische Studie über Haltungs- und Stellreflexe sowie andere automatische Körperbewegungen beim Menschen. III'' (1926) – Clinical study on posture and "righting reflexes" and other automatic body movements in humans."Published works copied from an article on Hermann Zingerle at the

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References

JD Blom: A Dictionary of Hallucinations

biographical information.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zingerle, Hermann 1870 births 1935 deaths People from Trento People from the County of Tyrol Austrian neurologists Austrian psychiatrists Academic staff of the University of Graz University of Innsbruck alumni Physicians from Austria-Hungary