Bernd Holdorff

Bernd Holdorff (* 1938 in Lübeck ) is a German neurologist and medical historian .

Holdorff studied medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg , the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Marburg , the Free University of Berlin and the University of Hamburg . It was in 1966 with the work on the effect of ergotamine tartrate on the arterial pulse doctorate . This was followed by further training at the Free University of Berlin, where he completed his habilitation and was appointed as an adjunct professor . Holdorff headed the Neurology Clinic at the Kassel Clinic and later the Neurology Department at the Schlosspark Clinic in Berlin. Holdorff was chairman of the German Society for the History of Neurology from 2008 to 2012 and is now a member of its scientific advisory board. His medical historical research is dedicated to a. the history of neurology in Berlin and representatives of the field such as Hermann Oppenheim , Friedrich H. Lewy and Arthur Simons .

Publications (selection)

• Bernd Holdorff, Rolf Winau (ed.): History of neurology in Berlin . de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-11-016913-4 .
• Hans Mennel, Bernd Holdorff, Katrin Bewermeyer, Heiko Bewermeyer: Hermann Oppenheim and German neurology between 1870 and 1919. Schattauer. Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-7945-6422-4 .
• Bernd Holdorff: The neurology in Berlin 1840-1945. Rise and fall . Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-95565-291-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernd Holdorff in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hentrich & Hentrich: Bernd Holdorff . Retrieved January 26, 2019.
2. ↑ Bernd Holdorff: About the effect of ergotamine tartrate on the arterial pulse. Hamburg, 1966 (dissertation).
3. ^ German Society for the History of Neurology: Office and Board of Directors of the DGGN . Retrieved January 26, 2019.