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Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus

Born  1851-04-03
Died  1942-08-11

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German neurologist, born April 3, 1851, Rietberg Kreis Wiedenbrück; died August 11, 1942, Kassel.

Biography of Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus

Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus was conferred doctor of medicine on December 19, 1874. He was a balneologist and he worked in Nassau an der Lahn, Ilmenau, Kreischa and Bad Oeynhausen.

We thank Filip Marcinowski for information submitted.

Bibliography

  • A. Ferbert, B. Wilken, M. Lienert:
    Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus – Nervenarzt und Badearzt.
    Der Nervenarzt., Berlin, 2006, 77, 4, 495-496.

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