Arthur Leppmann
Arthur Silvius Leppmann (born December 31, 1854 in Raudten ; † May 11, 1921 in Berlin ) was a German doctor , forensic pathologist , psychiatrist and neurologist . At that time he was one of the best-known and most renowned judicial experts.
Life
The Leppmanns were originally a Jewish family of bakers in Peiskretscham, Upper Silesia . Arthur's father Heinrich Leppmann (1820–1899) already made it to the medical council and district doctor . Arthur himself attended the Evangelical Gymnasium Groß-Glogau from 1865 to 1873 . He studied medicine at the University of Breslau , University of Leipzig ( University Hospital ), University of Freiburg / B. ( University Hospital ). During his studies in 1877 he became a member of the Franconia Freiburg fraternity . A year before his doctorate in 1877, he became a trainee doctor , and in 1878 he was finally III. Doctor at the Provincial Insane Asylum Leubus in Silesia . In 1879 he moved to the Allerheiligen Hospital in Breslau and the psychiatric clinic there as a secondary doctor. In 1886 he settled in Breslau as a neurologist . In 1889 he got the position of first doctor at the Berlin-Moabit prison and built the first observation station for mentally ill convicts in Prussia. In 1895 he also received the post of district doctor . He retained both positions until his death in 1921 after a long heart condition.
Leppmann made a name for himself primarily as a forensic expert. In 1895 he was one of the founders of the Ärztliche Sachkundigen Zeitung , wrote handbooks on expert work and, together with Emanuel Roth, revised Isak Schlockov's handbooks on forensic medicine, medical and medical police. In 1890 he tested in Moab observation station for Paul Ehrlich , the methylene blue in pain on prisoners and set a positive effect in the treatment of migraine firmly.
Arthur Leppmann's brother is the psychiatrist, neurologist and coroner Friedrich Leppmann (1872–1952).
Fonts (selection)
- Essays
- Contributions to the castration of women. In: Archiv für Gynäkologie , Vol. 26 (1885), Issue 1, pp. 57-71, doi : 10.1007 / BF02227313 , ISSN 0003-9128 .
- About the sanitary and police regulations necessary to prevent the spread of syphilis. In: Vierteljahresschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis , Vol. 10 (1883), Issue 1, pp. 289-308, doi : 10.1007 / BF01833458 , ISSN 1015-2075 .
- About the sanitary and police regulations necessary to prevent the spread of syphilis. In: Vierteljahresschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis , Vol. 10 (1883), Issue 1, pp. 531–551, doi : 10.1007 / BF01833473 , ISSN 1015-2075 .
- About the analgesic effect of methylene blue. In: Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift , Vol. 16 (1890), Issue 23, pp. 493-494, ISSN 0012-0472 (together with Paul Ehrlich).
- Sanity . In: Albert Eulenburg : Real encyclopedia of all medicine . 2nd edition Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna 1892 (together with Emanuel Mendel ).
- The influence of culture on human health. In: Hans Kraemer (Ed.): Universe and humanity. History of the exploration of nature and the utilization of natural forces in the service of peoples, Vol. 5 . Bong, Berlin 1904, pp. 393-412.
- The herbal luxury foods and their effect on people. In: Hans Kraemer (Ed.): Universe and humanity. History of the exploration of nature and the utilization of natural forces in the service of peoples, vol. 4 . Bong, Berlin 1908, pp. 404-444.
- The psychopath . In: Curt Adam (ed.): Psychology and its significance for medical practice. Eight lectures . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1921, pp. 134–150.
- Monographs
- Healthy and sick soul life in Shakespeare's " King Lear ". Lecture. Cooperative printing house, Wroclaw 1889.
- The expert activity in mental disorders. A concise manual for medical practice. Enslin, Berlin 1890.
- Medical care for the mentally ill outside the institution. Preuss & Jünger, Breslau 1891 (medical pocket calendar. Supplement for the year 1891).
- The mentally distressed and his medical supervision (Berlin clinic; vol. 66). Fischer, Berlin 1893.
- The district doctor (new series of: "The Prussian Physicist"). Instructions for the district doctor examination, the management of the medical officers and the expert work of the doctors; taking into account the national and regional legislation. 5th edition. Schoetz, Berlin 1901/04 (together with Isak Schlockow and Emanuel Roth).
- Medical and medical services. 5th edition 1901.
- Forensic Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry. 5th edition 1900.
- The inferior in the penal system. A guide to prison practice (publications from the field of medicinal administration; Vol. 1.15). Schoetz, Berlin 1912.
- A murderer. Criminal psychological considerations . Berlin 1920.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Böttger (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1911/12. Berlin 1912, p. 120.
- ↑ Today: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- ↑ Together with Hans Berger , Oswald Bumke , Adalbert Czerny , Hugo Liepmann , Albert Moll and Johannes Heinrich Schultz .
- ^ Special print from the annual report of the Humboldt-Verein für Volksbildung zu Breslau , Vol. 21 (1889/90).
- ↑ Special print from: Quarterly journal for forensic medicine and public sanitation / 3 ; Vol. 56 (1920).
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SURNAME | Leppmann, Arthur |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leppmann, Arthur Silvius (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, coroner, psychiatrist and neurologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1854 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Raudten |
DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1921 |
Place of death | Berlin |