Rudolf Gottfried Arndt (31 March 1835 – 29 January 1900) was a German

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

from Bialken, district of Marienwerder.

Biography

Arndt studied in Greifswald and

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. As a student, his instructors included Felix von Niemeyer (1820–1871),

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(1819–1895), and

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(1798–1866). He was conferred doctor of medicine on 20 February 1860. From 1861 he maintained a private practice, and also participated in the Second Schleswig War (1864),

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...

(1866) and Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). In 1867 he obtained his habilitation, subsequently serving as director of the ''Irren-Heil- und Pflege-Anstalt'' in Greifswald. In 1873 he became an associate professor of psychiatry at Greifswald. He died of angina pectoris. He is known today for the " Arndt-Schulz rule", a

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principle of

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that is named in conjunction with German chemist Hugo Schulz (1853-1932). He is also remembered for his investigations of neurasthenia.

Awards and decorations

* Order of the Crown, 4th class with Swords (Prussia, 1866) * Iron Cross of 1870, 2nd class on white-black band (Prussia, 1871) * Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion (Baden)

Selected writings

* ''Aus einem apoplectischen Gehirn'', 1878 - On the apoplectic brain. * ''Die Neurasthenie (Nervenschwäche), ihr Wesen, ihre Bedeutung und Behandlung'', 1885 - Neurasthenia (nerve weakness), its nature, its meaning and treatment. * ''Der Verlauf der Psychosen'', 1887 (with August Dohm) - The course of psychosis. * ''Was sind Geisteskrankheiten?'', 1897 - What is

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