Nothnagel

Nothnagel. Hermann (Hermann Nothnagel, 1841-1905), famous clinical physician; in 1865-68 he was an assistant to Leyden first in Berlin and then in Königsberg, where he received a professorship. From 1862 N. was professor of pharmacology and director of the clinic for internal diseases in Freiburg. From 1874 N. was director of the medical clinic in Jena, and from 1882 in Vienna, where he remained until his death. To N. belongs a very large number of works, starting with the dissertation on Bright's disease and ending with the 24-volume collective guide to special pathology and therapy published under his editorship (Vienna, 1894-1905), in which N. wrote a monograph on diseases of the intestine and peritoneum; then he authored the large, repeatedly reprinted guide to pharmacology (Vienna, 1870; starting with the 3rd edition - in collaboration with Rosbach). In addition N. wrote works on physiology and pathology of the central nervous system (on disorders of blood circulation in the brain, on dizziness, pathology of convulsions and in particular epilepsy, on the effect of lightning, temperature sense, vasomotor neuroses and on topological diagnostics of brain diseases (Vienna, 1879), on Addison's disease, on rhythmic activity of the heart, on cirrhosis of the stomach. Under the name angina pectoris vasomotoria N. described a form that occurs especially under the influence of cold and dampness, more often in winter than in summer; a predisposing factor is anemia. He first described (1884) a form of bacteria called Clostridium Nothnagel. Nothnagel died from angina pectoris. Dying, he until the last moment of his life in detail recorded all the sensations he experienced.