Karl Spamer

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Karl Spamer (born November 4, 1842 in Gießen , † May 18, 1892 in Darmstadt ) was a German psychiatrist.

Life

Karl Spamer studied medicine at the Hessian Ludwig University . In 1861 he became a member of the Corps Starkenburgia . In 1866 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. From 1866 to 1870 he worked as an assistant doctor in the Hofheim insane asylum. He took part in the Franco-German War as a volunteer military doctor. After working as a doctor in Berlin and Vienna, he settled in Gießen in 1874 as a doctor. In 1876 he qualified as a professor for psychiatry at the University of Giessen. In 1881 he became a district assistant doctor in Mainz. In 1883 he was appointed district doctor in Lauterbach and in 1885 in Bingen. He had the title of medical councilor. He died at the age of 49.

In addition to his publications, Spamer made a name for himself through the development of electromedical apparatus and devices. The induction apparatus according to Spamer, the Spamer glass element and the immersion battery according to Spamer should be mentioned in particular.

Fonts

  • On aphasia and asymbolia, along with an attempt at a theory of language formation , 1876
  • Physiology of the soul: the mental phenomena from the standpoint of physiology and the development history of the nervous system presented scientifically and in a generally understandable way , 1877
  • Experimental and critical contribution to the physiology of the semicircular canals , 1880

literature

  • Pagel: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century . Berlin, Vienna 1901, Sp. 1626. ( Permalink )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 37 , 313
  2. ↑ Habilitation thesis: On aphasia and asymbolia, together with an attempt at a theory of language formation .
  3. ↑ Spamer's devices at vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de (Webpage Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin)
personal data
SURNAME Spamer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1892
Place of death Darmstadt