2008/02/21 by Abdullah Kraam · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Neurology and Historical Studies #Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
paper · doi:10.1177/0957154x07084879
openalex publication_date 2008/02/21 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
The chaotic psychiatric nosology of the late nineteenth century needed a strong and new foundation, but when Kahlbaum died in 1899, some German psychiatrists realized that a great opportunity had been missed: his proposal to classify psychiatric disorders according to their course and cross-sectional symptomatology had largely been ignored by the psychiatric establishment. Kahlbaum died in coma diabeticum without the official recognition for his academic achievements that he longed for: the award of the professorship which was granted a few years later to his disciple Ewald Hecker.