Ernst Grünthal
Ernst Grünthal (born October 26, 1894 in Beuthen , Upper Silesia , † January 5, 1972 in Bern ) was a German - Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist .
Grünthal graduated from high school in Beuthen and studied medicine at the universities of Lausanne , Heidelberg , Breslau and Munich from 1913 to 1920 . He took part in the First World War as a field medical officer for two and a half years and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class. In Munich he was assistant to Emil Kraepelin ; he received his doctorate in 1922 and passed the state examination in 1924 . 1927 Green Valley had as a senior physician in Würzburg neurology and psychiatry habilitation . Dismissed in 1934 because of his Jewish origins, he became a clinical assistant at the Waldau Psychiatric University Clinic in Bern. In 1936, with the help of the Rockefeller Foundation, he founded the Brain Anatomy Institute in the Waldau Psychiatric Clinic, which he headed until 1965 ( Giorgio Pilleri was his successor ). From 1943 to 1970 he also headed the psychopharmacological laboratory of JR Geigy AG in Waldau. In 1944 he received the venia docendi for psychiatry and brain anatomy. From 1954 he was associate professor at the University of Bern . In 1965 he retired. He wrote works on brain research as well as medical-historical-philosophical writings.
literature
- Fritjof Hartenstein: Life and work of the psychiatrist Ernst Grünthal (1894–1972). Dissertation, University of Mainz, 1976.
- Peter Kalus, Julia Bondzio and Werner K. Strik: Ernst Grünthal (1894–1972): Notes on the cover picture. In: The neurologist . Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 298-300, DOI: 10.1007 / s00115-002-1463-4 .
- Alma Kreuter: German-speaking neurologists and psychiatrists: a biographical-bibliographical lexicon from the forerunners to the middle of the 20th century. 3 volumes. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11196-7 , Vol. 1, pp. 478-481.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Grünthal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ingrid Müller-Landgraf: Grünthal, Ernst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Kraemer: Würzburg physicians 50 years ago. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 5, 1987, pp. 165-172, here: p. 166.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünthal, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beuthen , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1972 |
| Place of death | Bern |