Nothnagel, Hermann#
Nothnagel, Hermann, b. Alt-Lietzegoericke (Germany), Sept. 28, 1841, d. Vienna, July 7, 1905, specialist in internal medicine, famous diagnostician; from 1882 head of a hospital for internal medicine in Vienna. N. was the first to recognise the importance of blood pressure for various diseases and his experimental methods took internal medicine to new heights. Pioneer work on the physiology and pathology of the nervous system and of the intestines.
Works#
Topische Diagnostik der Gehirnkrankheiten, 1879; Handbuch der Speziellen Pathologie und Therapie, 24 vols., 1894-1908 (ed.; vol. 17 written by him: Die Erkrankungen des Darmes und des Peritoneums).Literature#
M. Neuburger, H. N., 1922; OeBL.