Griesinger's disease

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• Griesinger, Wilhelm —    (pronounced [GREE sing er])    (1817–1868)    Considered the virtual founder of the first wave of biological psychiatry because of his views on the organicity of mental illness, Griesinger was born in Stuttgart. He graduated in 1838 in… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Griesinger disease sign — Grie·sin·ger disease, sign (greґzing ər) [Wilhelm Griesinger, German neurologist, 1817–1868] see hookworm disease, under disease, and see under sign …   Medical dictionary

• Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

• Griesinger — Wilhelm, German neurologist, 1817–1868. See G. disease, bilious typhoid of G., G. sign …   Medical dictionary

• Duchenne-Griesinger disease — Du·chenne Grie·sing·er disease (du shenґ greґsing er) [G.B.A. Duchenne; Wilhelm Griesinger, German neurologist, 1817–1868] Duchenne muscular dystrophy …   Medical dictionary

• Duchenne-Griesinger disease — Duchenne muscular dystrophy …   Medical dictionary

• Moral insanity —    (insanity without hallucinations or delusions). See Prichard, James Cowles (1835).    Distinction between momentary symptom picture and underlying disease process in psychiatry (1844). To some extent, physicians have always been aware that the …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Paranoia —    (See also Erotomania; Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence.)    Paranoia means a fixed false belief formed via logical reasoning (making it distinct from schizophrenia); aside from his delusional system, the… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Joseph Haydn — (Franz) Joseph Haydn [Although he is sometimes called Franz Joseph Haydn , the name Franz was not used in the composer s lifetime and is avoided by scholars. (Webster, James: Haydn, Joseph , Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 18 January… …   Wikipedia

• Hookworm — Taxobox name = Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea ordo = Strongiloidae familia = Ancylostomatidae genus = Necator/Ancylostoma subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Species N …   Wikipedia

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder —    Physicians and non physicians alike have always recognized the existence of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior. Across the ages, examples are common in religion of praying compulsively or dwelling obsessively on salvation or damnation …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry