Gustav Huguenin was a Swiss internist and pathologist who was a native of Krauchthal

Krauchthal

Krauchthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Krauchthal was first mentioned around 1108-22 as Crouchtal and around 1181-82 as Crochtal.-Geography:...

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He studied medicine at the Universities of Zürich

University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

, Prague

Charles University in Prague

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, Vienna

University of Vienna

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 and Berlin

Berlin

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, and in 1864 received his doctorate. As a student he had as instructors, physicians such as neurologist

Neurologist

A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...

 Wilhelm Griesinger

Wilhelm Griesinger

Wilhelm Griesinger was a German neurologist and psychiatrist born in Stuttgart. He studied under Johann Lukas Schönlein at the University of Zurich and physiologist François Magendie in Paris....

 (1817-1868), surgeon

Surgeon

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 Theodor Billroth

Theodor Billroth

Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was a German-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician....

 (1829-1894) and internist Michael Anton Biermer

Michael Anton Biermer

Michael Anton Biermer was a German internist who was a native of Bamberg.In 1851 he earned his doctorate from the University of Würzburg, where he was a student of Rudolf Virchow. Later he was a professor at Bern , Zurich and Breslau...

 (1827-1892). In 1867 he was privat-docent at Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, and in 1873 succeeded Bernhard von Gudden

Bernhard von Gudden

Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden was a German neuroanatomist and psychiatrist born in Kleve.In 1848 he earned his doctorate from the University of Halle, and became an intern at the asylum in Siegburg under Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi...

 (1824-1886) as director of the Burghölzli

Burghölzli

Burghölzli is the common name given for the psychiatric hospital of the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The hospital is located on "Burghölzli", a wooded hill in the district of Riesbach of southeastern Zürich....

 Psychiatric Hospital. From 1874 to 1883 he was a professor of internal medicine

Internal medicine

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 at the University of Zürich. In 1883 he resigned his position at Zürich for health reasons.

Huguenin specialized in research of nervous diseases and tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

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, and contributed treatises on encephalitis

Encephalitis

Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis. Symptoms include headache, fever, confusion, drowsiness, and fatigue...

, meningitis

Meningitis

Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. The inflammation may be caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms, and less commonly by certain drugs...

, et al. to Hugo von Ziemssen's Handbuch der Speciellen Pathologie und Therapie. Other written works of his include:

• Allgemeine Pathologie der Krankheiten des Nervensystems (General Pathology of Nervous System Diseases), 1873
• Lehrbuch der Anatomie des Hirns (Textbook of the Anatomy of the Brain), 1873
• Hydrocephalus und Oedem des Hirns (Hydrocephalus and Edema of the Brain), 1878
• Anatomie Des Centres Nerveux (Anatomy of the Central Nervous System), 1879
• Publication about Dr. Huguenin:
• "Der Internist Gustav Huguenin (1840-1920)" by Heinz Lätsch, Juris Druck & Verlag, (1991), ISBN 3260052852 (3-260-05285-2)