Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden: an outstanding scientist

Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden and the Mad King of Bavaria

Bernhard von Gudden was a psychiatrist in Prussia and he was summoned in March 1886 to examine King Ludwig II for his apparently insane activities like, profligate spending and erratic behaviour. A team of four estimable psychiatrists pronounced that he was not capable ruling. Consequently, he was dethroned and kept in a castle under supervision of von Gudden. Gudden championed the idea of 'no ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wunde am 28.August 1749 als Sohn einer wohlhabenden Patrizierfamilie geboren. Im Alter von 16 Jahren nahm Goethe ein Jurastudium in Leipzig auf, neben der Juristerei hörte er auch Vorlesungen über Poesie und lernte Radieren und Kupferstechen bei Adam Friedrich Oeser. Nach einer schweren Krise nahm er sein abgebrochenes Studium in Straßburg wieder auf. Neben dem Jurast...

National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award 2012: Pierce Chow.

I believe many decisions in life are often a combination of interests and opportunities. When I was a registrar at the Department of Surgery helmed by Prof Soo Khee Chee, the subspecialty of hepatopancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery was just being developed and I came into contact with patients with liver cancer. There seem to be a compelling need, meaning that there were so many things that had to...

Honoring Our Colleague James F. Crow, an Outstanding Gentleman, Citizen, and Scientist

WITH this issue we begin a series of Perspectives and Review articles honoring our colleague James F. Crow, who, along with this journal, celebrated his 95th birthday this year. Why honor Jim? The answer is obvious to the many who have the privilege to know him: a gentleman and scholar of the highest order, he represents the best of our field. Jim Crow is a living link between our generations a...

Festschrift. Bernhard Nocht. Von Scinen Freuden und Schulern