Paul-Louis Ladame
Paul-Louis Ladame (born June 15, 1842 in Neuchâtel , † October 21, 1919 in Geneva ) was a Swiss neurologist , philanthropist and pioneer of social medicine .
In 1865 Ladame did his doctorate at the University of Bern with a work on the symptomatology and diagnosis of brain tumors, which was also published as a book.
Between 1884 and 1908, Ladama was initially a private lecturer in neurology (with an interest in electrotherapy, among other things), psychiatry and criminal anthropology at the University of Geneva, then first professor of psychiatry.
Ladame was a co-founder of the Neuchâtel Société médicale and its president in 1874, a member of the Geneva Société médicale and its president in 1892, and co-founder of the Société genevoise de patronage des aliénés . From 1916 to 1919 Ladame was President of the Swiss Neurological Society .
Web links
- Roger Mayer: Ladame, Paul-Louis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ladame P .: Symptomatology and diagnosis of brain tumors. Stahel'sche Buch- und Kunsthandlung, Würzburg 1865.
- ^ De Morsier G .: Historie de la psychiatrie et de la neurologie à Genève. In: Gesnerus . tape 34 , 1977, pp. 1977; 34: 186-202 .
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| SURNAME | Ladame, Paul-Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss neurologist and philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1919 |
| Place of death | Geneva |