- Albert Eulenburg
Albert Eulenburg (
August 10 ,1840 -July 3 ,1917 ) was a Germanneurologist who was a native ofBerlin . He studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin, Bern and Zurich, and in 1861 earned his doctorate. Among his instructors wereJohannes Peter Müller (1801-1858),Ludwig Traube (1818-1876) andAlbrecht von Graefe (1828-1870). Later he became a professor ofpharmacology at theUniversity of Greifswald , and in 1882, a professor ofneurology in Berlin.Eulenburg is remembered for his written works. His most ambitious work was the multi-volume "Real-Encyclopädie der gesammten Heilkunde", which was published in four editions between 1880 and 1914. Later in his career he became interested in the field of
sexology , and became co-editor of the journal "Zeitschrift für Sexualwissenschaft". In 1913, along withMagnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) andIwan Bloch (1872-1922), he founded the "Ärztliche Gesellschaft für Sexualwissenschaft und Eugenik". In 1902 Eulenburg penned an influential work onalgolagnia , titled "Sadismus und Masochismus" (Sadism and Masochism).Eulenburg was also known for his research concerning the
central nervous system , including work involving thevasomotor centers of the brain. He was the first to describe a rare muscular condition known asparamyotonia congenita , which is sometimes referred to as "Eulenburg disease".References
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