Karl Heilbronner (21 November 1869, in Nürnberg – 8 September 1914, in Utrecht) was a German psychiatrist. He specialized in research of apraxia, depression and obsessive behavior disorders.[1]
He studied medicine at the University of Munich as a pupil of Hubert von Grashey, obtaining his doctorate in 1894. He later worked as an assistant to Carl Wernicke at Breslau (1894–98), followed by service as a senior physician under Eduard Hitzig at the University of Halle. In 1903 he succeeded Theodor Ziehen as a full professor of psychiatry at the University of Utrecht.[1][2]
Associated eponym
edit- "Heilbronner's sign": (Heilbronner thigh) - In cases of organic paralysis, a flattening and broadening of the thigh when the patient lies supine on a hard surface.[3]
Selected works
edit- Über Krankheitsdauer und Todesursachen bei der progressiven Paralyse, 1894 – On duration of illness and causes of death in progressive paralysis.
- Aphasie und Geisteskrankheit, 1896 – Aphasia and insanity.
- Über Asymbolie, 1897 – On asymbolia.
- Über Gewöhnung auf normalen und pathologischen Gebiete, 1912 – On habituation in normal and pathological areas.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Catalogus Professorum Halensis biography
- ^ Deutschsprachige Neurologen und Psychiater: Ein biographisch ..., Volume 1 by Alma Kreuter
- ^ Medical Dictionary Heilbronner, Karl
- ^ Google Books published works