Theodor Wittmaack

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Theodor Wittmaack (* 1817 ; † 1873 ) was a German doctor with neurological interests. After him, the restless legs syndrome is also sometimes called Wittmaack- Ekbom syndrome.

Life

Wittmaack studied with Peter Krukenberg . During the Schleswig-Holstein survey (1848-1851) he worked as a doctor in various hospitals. Later he settled as a general practitioner in Altona .

Wittmaack described three central symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome in his textbook on nervous diseases in 1861 :

  1. A feeling in the legs that is difficult to describe ("a sensation that cannot be further described [...], without any pain, without pulling.")
  2. Restlessness in the limbs ("as if [...] a spirit of restlessness [...] had hit the legs.")
  3. Occurrence when falling asleep ("sometimes towards evening, but especially in bed until falling asleep.")

He named the disease after its most noticeable symptom, the restless legs, as Anxietas tibiarum 'anxiety of the shins' .

Fonts

Medical writings

  • Contributions to rational therapy and lighting for the Prague and Vienna Schools. For general practitioners . August Hirschwald, Berlin 1857 ( Google book search ).
  • Hysteria (Hyperaesthesia psychica sexualis) in a pathological and therapeutic relationship . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857 ( Google book search ).
  • Hypochondria (Hyperaesthesia psychica - Romberg) in a pathological and therapeutic relationship, together with a few previous remarks on the importance of psychological remedies . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857 ( Google book search ).
  • The intermittent chronic cerebral spasms epilepsia in pathological and therapeutic terms presented by Theodor Wittmaack . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1858 ( Google book search ).
  • Popular dietetics manual or complete instruction for maintaining health and continuously rejuvenating life into late old age. According to the present standpoint of the natural sciences, taking into account the conditions of practical life . 1st edition. Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1858 (second edition: 1860).
  • Handbook of rational therapy. From today's point of view of scientific research and clinical experience. For practical and budding doctors . tape 1 . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1858 ( Google book search ).
  • Handbook of rational therapy. From today's point of view of scientific research and clinical experience. For practical and budding doctors . tape 2 . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1859 ( Google book search ).
  • Treatments for Constitutional Diseases . 1860.
  • Textbook of nervous diseases based on the physiological definition of illness and with constant consideration of the test results up to the present. Pathology and therapy of the sensitivity neuroses including those primarily psychologically conditioned on the basis of physiological definition of the term of illness and with constant consideration of the examination results up to the present . tape 1 . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1861 ( Google Book Search ).
  • Counter-declaration . In: Alexander Göschen (Ed.): German Clinic . tape 12 . Georg Reimer, Berlin 1860, p. 158 ( Google Book Search ).

Others

  • History of the emotions of the soul from the natural historical point of view with consideration of their aesthetic side. Edited for educated readers . Christian Ernst Kollmann, Leipzig 1856.
  • The trip to Juliushal by Th. Wittmaack . Christian Ernst Kollmann, Leipzig 1857 ( Google book search ).
  • Light and Spirit or the doctrine of the invigorating principles in organic nature. Along with an attachment. Dedicated to the friends of the natural sciences and philosophy in the interest of a reasonable enlightenment by Dr. Theodor Wittmaark . Christian Ernst Kollmann, Leipzig 1858 ( Google book search ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hélio AG Teive, Renato P. Munhoz, Egberto Reis Barbosa: Professor Karl-Axel Ekbom and restless legs syndrome . In: Parkinsonism & Related Disorders . tape 15 , no. 4 . Elsevier Science, May 2009, ISSN  1353-8020 , p. 254-257 , doi : 10.1016 / j.parkreldis.2008.07.011 (English).
  2. ^ Theodor Wittmaack: Handbook of rational therapy. From today's point of view of scientific research and clinical experience. For practical and budding doctors . tape 1 . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1858, p. x ( Google Book Search ).
  3. ↑ Simon Behrman: Disturbed relaxation of limbs . In: British medical journal . tape 1 , no. 5085 , June 21, 1958, p. 1454–1457 , doi : 10.1136 / bmj.1.5085.1454 , PMC 2029296 (free full text) - (English).
  4. ↑ Theodor Wittmaack: Textbook of nervous diseases on the basis of physiological definition of the term of being sick and with constant consideration of the test results up to the present . tape 1 . Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1861, p. 459 ( Google Book Search ).
personal data
SURNAME Wittmaack, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neurologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1817
DATE OF DEATH 1873