Walther Spielmeyer
Walther Spielmeyer (born April 23, 1879 in Dessau , † February 6, 1935 in Munich ) was a German neuropathologist , psychiatrist and neurologist.
Life
Spielmeyer studied with Eduard Hitzig in Halle , among others . In 1906 he became a private lecturer in Freiburg, where he worked under Alfred Hoche .
At the suggestion of Emil Kraepelin , he succeeded Alois Alzheimer as head of the anatomical laboratory of the psychiatric and nervous clinic in Munich. In 1913 he became associate professor and in 1917 head of the histology department in the newly established "German Research Institute for Psychiatry ( Kaiser Wilhelm Institute )". He had a good working relationship with Franz Nissl . Since 1924 he was a "Scientific Member" of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. The brain pathology department of the German Research Institute for Psychiatry, headed by Spielmeyer, still enjoyed worldwide renown in 1935. The term Spielmeyer-Vogt disease refers to him .
Works
- The trypanosomal diseases and their relation to the syphilogenic nerve diseases . Jena, Fischer, 1908.
- Technique of microscopic examination of the nervous system . Berlin, Springer, 1911; 4th edition, 1930.
- Progressive paralysis . In: Handbuch der Neurologie, Vol. 3; Berlin, 1912.
- On the clinic and anatomy of nerve gunshot wounds . Berlin, Springer, 1915.
- Nervous system histopathology . First volume: general part. Berlin, J. Springer, 1922.
- Degeneration and regeneration of the peripheral nerve . Manual of normal and pathological physiology, Vol. 3; Berlin, 1929.
- The anatomy of psychoses . Handbook of Mental Illnesses, Vol. 11; Berlin, 1930.
literature
- Eberhard J. Wormer : Spielmeyer, Walther. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 690 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Walther Spielmeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirk Blasius : The "Masquerade of Evil". Psychiatric research during the Nazi era. In: Medicine and Health Policy in the Nazi Era. Edited by Norbert Frei , R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1991 (= series of the quarterly books for contemporary history, special issue), ISBN 3-486-64534-X , pp. 265–285; here: p. 276
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spielmeyer, Walther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spielmeyer, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychiatrist and neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1935 |
| Place of death | Munich |