Theodor Simon Flatau
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Theodor Simon Flatau was a German
physician.
Flatau was born in Lyck, East Prussia
(today Ełk, Poland), where he attended school. He passed his Abitur
at the Graues Kloster in Berlin
and studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg. In 1883 Flatau started to work as a physician in Berlin, specialized on ear- and nose-diseases. He became a teacher of voicephysiology and the theory of singing at the royal music-academy and studied Philosophy and Psychology in 1894-97
In 1926 Flatau became the head of the phoniatric section of the Charité
hospital and was dismissed in 1933.
Flatau died in Berlin.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
physician.
Flatau was born in Lyck, East Prussia
East Prussia
East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
(today Ełk, Poland), where he attended school. He passed his Abitur
Abitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
at the Graues Kloster in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg. In 1883 Flatau started to work as a physician in Berlin, specialized on ear- and nose-diseases. He became a teacher of voicephysiology and the theory of singing at the royal music-academy and studied Philosophy and Psychology in 1894-97
In 1926 Flatau became the head of the phoniatric section of the Charité
Charité
The Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is the medical school for both the Humboldt University and the Free University of Berlin. After the merger with their fourth campus in 2003, the Charité is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe....
hospital and was dismissed in 1933.
Flatau died in Berlin.
Publications
- "Die Laryngoskopie und Rhinoskopie mit Einschluss der Allgemeinen Diagnostik und Therapie," Berlin, 1890
- Die Nasen-, Rachen- und Kehlkopfkrankheiten, Leipzig 1894
- Die Bauchrednerkunst (with H. Gutzmann), Leipzig 1894
- Die Nasen-, Rachen- und Kehlkopfkrankheiten, Lehrbuch für Ärzte und Studierende, Leipzig 1895
- Die Sprachgebrechen des Jugendlichen Alters, Halle 1896
- Hygiene des Kehlkopfes und der Stimme; die Stimmstörungen der Sänger, Vienna 1898
- Die Anwendung des Röntgenschen Verfahrens in der Rhinolaryngologie, Vienna 1899
- Die Hysterie in ihren Beziehungen zu den oberen Luftwegen und zum Ohre, Halle 1899
- Die Bauchrednerkunst mit Einschluss der allg. Diagnostik, Berlin 1899
- Prophylaxe der Hals- und Nasenkrankheiten, Munich 1900
- Intonationsstörungen und Stimmverlust, Berlin 1902