Fritz Lüthy

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Fritz Lüthy (born November 17, 1895 in Feldbrunnen ; † January 13, 1988 in Zurich ) was a Swiss neurologist .

Lüthy was professor of medicine at the University of Zurich and director of the neurological university clinic. From 1946 to 1950 he was Vice President and then from 1950 to 1953 President of the Swiss Neurological Society .

Honors

The German Society for Neurology awarded him the Wilhelm-Erb commemorative coin in 1970.

Works

  • About the hepato-lenticular degeneration (Wilson-Westphal-Strümpell). FCW Vogel, Berlin 1931 (habilitation thesis).

literature

  • C. Bassetti, M. Mumenthaler (Ed.): 100 Years of the Swiss Neurological Society. Reprint from the Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry Vol. 159, No. 4, April 2008 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Neurological Society. Schwabe-Verlag, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7965-2452-3 (PDF file: [1] ; PDF; 3.8 MB).
  • K. Hess: History of the Neurological Clinic and Polyclinic Zurich. Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry, Vol. 159, No. 4, 2008, pp. 191–197 (PDF file: [2] ).
  • M. Mumenthaler: Obituary for Fritz Lüthy (November 17, 1895 - January 13, 1988) . Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry, Vol. 139, No. 5, 1988, pp. 5–10.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bassetti, Mummenthaler 2008, p. 147.
  2. ^ Prices of the DGN: Wilhelm-Erb commemorative coin
personal data
SURNAME Lüthy, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss neurologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Field well
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1988
Place of death Zurich