Friedrich Weickmann (1913–1983): Some Reminiscences

Gunther Nisch; Hartmut Collmann

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1382783

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, Table of Contents

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2015; 76(01): 83-86
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1382783

Historical Article

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Friedrich Weickmann (1913–1983): Some Reminiscences

Gunther Nisch

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

^*Retired Head of Neurochirurgische Klinik im Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany

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Hartmut Collmann

²Neurochirurg. Klinik, Abt. Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie, Würzburg, Germany

^**Retired Senior Assistant of Abt. Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie, Neurochirurgische Univ.-Klinik Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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Abstract

Friedrich Weickmann was one of the most distinguished neurosurgeons of the former German Democratic Republic and an eminent representative of the neurosurgical school established by Fedor Krause. For 25 years he was head of the neurosurgical department in Berlin-Buch, which he developed into an excellent nonuniversity center. Weickmann was the first German to publish a comprehensive text on pediatric neurosurgery. He deserves particular credit for defending the autonomy of the neurosurgical specialty and for promoting neuroradiology as a subspecialty of radiology.

Keywords

Weickmann - neurosurgery - history - German Democratic Republic - Berlin-Buch

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