Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus
Christoph Friedrich Pelizaeus (* 3. April 1851 in Rietberg , † 11. August 1942 in Kassel ) was a German neurologist and Merzbacher Ludwig namesake of the X-linked inherited Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease .
Life
Pelizaeus received a classical humanistic education at the Royal High School at Burgplatz zu Essen . Until December 1874 he studied medicine at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and received his doctorate in medicine in 1880. Then he was assistant to Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Runge in the Hessian bathing resort Nassau an der Lahn . He later worked as a spa doctor in Ilmenau and Bad Oeynhausen . From 1884 to 1885 he was in charge of the “Augustusbad steel baths and water sanatorium” near Radeberg . In 1885 he moved to Kreischa near Dresden. From 1890 to 1901 he lived in Gernrode in the Harz Mountains . He was appointed to the Medical Council in 1896 and in 1925 celebrated the golden jubilee “50 years in the service of medicine”. He experienced his retirement in Kassel , where he belonged to the "Association for Natural History".
In 1885 he first described a family with this disorder of the myelination of the central nervous system ; In 1910 he examined the brain of a man from this family histologically.
Web links
- Pelizaeus at whonamedit.com
- Friedrich Pelizaeus in the Polish Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ zeno.org: Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Runge
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pelizaeus, Friedrich Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rietberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1942 |
| Place of death | kassel |