- A dictionary of medical eponyms

Karl Bonhoeffer

Born  1868
Died  1948

Related eponyms

German psychiatrist, born Marc 31, 1868, Neresheim, Württemberg; died 1948, Berlin.

Biography of Karl Bonhoeffer

Karl Bonhoeffer attended the faculties of Tübingen, Berlin, and Munich. He received his doctorate in Tübingen in 1892 and was habilitated for psychiatry in Breslau in 1897. In 1903 he accepted an invitation to become ordinarius in Königsberg, in 1904 in Heidelberg, and, the same year, to Breslau, and in 1912 to Berlin.

The Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik in Krankenhaus Reinickendorf, Berlin, is named for him.

Bibliography

  • Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der grosstädtischen Bettel- und Vagabundentums. Berlin, 1900.

What is an eponym?

An eponym is a word derived from the name of a person, whether real or fictional. A medical eponym is thus any word related to medicine, whose name is derived from a person.

What is Whonamedit?

Whonamedit.com is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person.

Disclaimer:

Whonamedit? does not give medical advice.
This survey of medical eponyms and the persons behind them is meant as a general interest site only. No information found here must under any circumstances be used for medical purposes, diagnostically, therapeutically or otherwise. If you, or anybody close to you, is affected, or believe to be affected, by any condition mentioned here: see a doctor.