About Hans Curschmann
Lived 1875 – 1950 (aged 74–75). Hans Curschmann was a German physician, university teacher and neurologist.
Hans Heinrich Curschmann (14 August 1875 in Berlin – 1 March 1950) was a German physician and neurologist remembered for Curschmann-Batten-Steinert syndrome.
He attended universities in Freiberg, Leipzig and Munich, earning his doctorate in 1900. From 1900 to 1907 he worked in Leipzig, Heidelberg, Berlin and Tübingen, and from 1907 to 1916 he was the senior physician at the city hospital in Mainz. In 1916 he became director of the medical clinic of Rostock, and he became professor in 1921.
The "Curschmann-Klinik" in Timmendorfer Strand, a specialized hospital for heart attack after-care, is named after him.
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Who was Hans Curschmann?
German physician (1875–1950)
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Hans Curschmann was born on 14 August 1875 in Berlin.
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Hans Curschmann died in 1950 in Rostock.
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Hans Curschmann was a physician, university teacher and neurologist.
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Hans Curschmann was German.
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