Hermann Oppenheim
Hermann Oppenheim (1858-1919) was a German neurologist.
Oppenheim’s Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten was a significant medical text. It ran to seven German editions and was translated into Russian, Spanish, Italian, and English.
Eponymously affiliated with Oppenheim disease (1900) (Amyotonia congenita) and Oppenheim sign (1902). He was the first to define Restless Leg Syndrome as a neurological illness and to recognize a familial component
Biography
- Born 1858
- Died 1919
Medical Eponyms
- Oppenheim disease (1900) (Amyotonia congenita)
- Oppenheim sign (1902)
Key Medical Attributions
Oppenheim drew attention to the association of spasticity with hyper-reflexia
Stiffness, rigidity, or spastic condition of the muscles can be recognised from exaggeration of the tendon phenomenon
Major Publications
- Oppenheim H. Über allgemeine und lokalisierte Atonie der Muskulatur (Myatonie) im frühen Kindesalter. Monatsschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie. 1900;8:232–3. [Oppenheim disease]
- Oppenheim H. Zur pathologie der Hautrefelexe an den unteren Extremitäten. Monatsschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie. 1902;12:518–30. [Oppenheim sign]
- Oppenheim H. Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten [Vol I, Vol II] Berlin: Karger, 1923; 7e [Willis-Ekbom disease – Vol II:1774]
References
- Pearce JMS. Hermann Oppenheim (1858-1919). J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 May;74(5):569. [PMC1738441]
