Monument to Carl Nothnagel at the University of Vienna

Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (September 28, 1841 - July 7, 1905) was a German internist born in Alt-Lietzegöricke, Brandenburg. In 1876 he described the irregular pulse associated with atrial fibrillation. At the time he referred to this discovery as "delirium cordis".

From 1858 until 1863 Nothnagel studied under Ludwig Traube (1818-1876) and Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) at the Friedrich Wilhelms-Institut in Berlin. After receiving his doctorate, he spent part of his early career as a military physician, including a stint in the Franco-Prussian War. From 1882 until 1905, he was a professor at the university clinic in Vienna. In collaboration with other physicians, Nothnagel published Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie, a comprehensive 24-volume handbook of medicine.

The eponymous Nothnagel's syndrome is named after him.

[edit] See also

• Ernst Remak
• Ottmar Rosenbach

[edit] References

• Carl Nothnagel @ Who Named It

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