Theodor Meynert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Theodor Meynert

German-Austrian neuropathologist

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1833

Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 31-May-1892

Profession: physician, psychiatrist, neurologist, university teacher, pathologist, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Theodor Hermann Meynert (15 June 1833 – 31 May 1892) was a German-Austrian psychiatrist, neuropathologist and anatomist born in Dresden.
Meynert believed that disturbances in brain development could be a predisposition for psychiatric illness and that certain psychoses are reversible. In 1861 he earned his medical doctorate, and in 1875 became director of the psychiatric clinic associated with the University of Vienna.
Some of his better known students in Vienna were Josef Breuer, Sigmund Freud, who in 1883 worked at Meynert's psychiatric clinic, and Julius Wagner-Jauregg, who introduced fever treatment for syphilis.
Meynert later distanced himself from Freud because of the latter's involvement with practices such as hypnosis.
Meynert also ridiculed Freud's idea of male hysteria; though some authors believe this to be due to his own hidden suffering of the illness, prompting a reconciliation with Freud near to his death.
Other famous students of Meynert's were Russian neuropsychiatrist Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900), German neuropathologist Carl Wernicke (1848–1905) and Swiss neuroanatomist Auguste-Henri Forel (1848–1931).
Meynert's work was an important influence in the career of German neuropathologist Paul Flechsig (1847–1929).



Description	Austrian painter and photographer
Date of birth/death	16 August 1834	24 March 1902
Location of birth/death	Pressburg / Bratislava / Pozsony	Vienna
Work period	1856 - 1902
Work location	Vienna, Baden
Authority control	: Q1705180 VIAF: 54450189 ISNI: 0000 0000 5524 6105 LCCN: nr2004027766 GND: 123468914 SUDOC: 193830329 WorldCat