Walther Spielmeyer - bibliography

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Biography

German psychiatrist and neurologist, born April 23, 1879, Dessau; died 1935.

Bibliography

  • Die Trypanosomenkrankheiten und ihre Beziehungen zu den syphilogenen Nervenkrankheiten. Jena, Fischer, 1908.
  • Technik der mikroskopischen Untersuchung des Nervensystems.
    Berlin, Springer, 1911; 4th edition, 1930.
  • Die progressive Paralyse. In: Handbuch der Neurologie, volume 3; Berlin, 1912.
  • Zur Klinik und Anatomie der Nerven-Schussverletzungen. Berlin, Springer, 1915.
  • Histopathologie des Nervensystems. Erster Band: Allgemeiner Teil.
    Berlin, J. Springer, 1922. Only this volume appeared.
  • 4 Fälle aus der Deutschen Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie.
    With Felix Plaut (1877-). In Nissl’s Beiträge, volume 2, 1; Berlin, 1923.
  • Degeneration und Regeneration am peripherischen Nerven.
    Handbuch der normalen und pathologischen Physiologie, volume 3; Berlin, 1929.
  • Die Anatomie der Psychosen.
    Handbuch der Geisteskrankheiten, volume 11; Berlin, 1930.
We thank Rudolf Kleinert, Bad Reichenhall, Germany, for information submitted.

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