Eduard Müller (4 January 1876, in

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– 30 December 1928, in

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) was a German internist and

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. He studied medicine at several German universities, receiving his doctorate from the

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in 1898. Following graduation, he spent two years as an assistant at the psychiatric clinic in

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under Hermann Emminghaus and Alfred Hoche, then afterwards worked as an assistant to Carl Weigert at the Senckenberg Institute of Pathology in

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.Deutschsprachige Neurologen und Psychiater
by Alma Kreuter In 1903 he became an assistant in

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's clinic, initially at Erlangen, and then in Breslau. In 1909 he relocated to the

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as an associate professor and director of the medical polyclinic. In 1921 he attained a full professorship.Eduard Müller
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With

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Georg Jochmann, he developed the "Müller-Jochmann test", a method of differentiating between tuberculous and non-tuberculous pus.

Selected works

* ''Die multiple Sklerose des Gehirns und Rückenmarks, ihre Pathologie und Behandlung'', 1904 –

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of the brain and

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, its pathology and treatment. * ''Die spinale kinderlähmung : eine klinische und epidemiologische studie'', 1910 – Spinal

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: a clinical and epidemiological study. * ''Die Frühstadien der epidemischen Kinderlaehmung'', 1912 – Early stages of the epidemic

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. * ''Die therapie des praktischen arztes'' (2 volumes, 1914–20; as editor) – The therapy of the practical physician. * ''Die epidemische Kinderlähmung'', 1925 – On epidemic poliomyelitis. * ''Die Erkrankungen des Rückenmarks'', 1925 – Disorders of the spinal cord.Eduard Müller - bibliography
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Müller, Eduard 1876 births 1928 deaths People from Südliche Weinstraße University of Erlangen–Nuremberg alumni Academic staff of the University of Marburg German internists German neurologists