Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch - and the sixth sense, the perception of one's own body, allow for comprehensive interaction with our surroundings. This article provides an overview of physiological structures and diagnostic methods relevant for proprioception. In addition, the contribution of the proprioceptive function to the pathology of sensorimotoric disorders is described, and associated therapeutic approaches in neurorehabilitation are addressed.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2020
Review Historical Article[Christmas with Charles Dickens - The Man of Letters as Syndrome-Spotter and Good Moralist].
Charles Dickens, as a writer, was also a great master of patient observation. He described more than 40 syndromes, some of which were named after characters and titles of his literary works. Within these he often referred to the connection between illness, poverty and social misery. ⋯ Finally, there is probably no other author who has portrayed the power of Christmas so sensitively and impressively. Dickens hoped that in these days, just before the turn of the year, personal transformations would take place and redemption would be experienced as a result of new insights. For such transformations, he was convinced that man occasionally needs external stimuli.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2020
Case Reports[Aspiration pneumonia after ingestion of kerosene - lamp oil is not a remedy].
We present the case of a 78-year old man, who developed aspiration pneumonia and consecutive sepsis after ingestion of a small amount of kerosene. ⋯ Psychiatric consultation may be helpful to diagnostically contextualize behaviour suggesting a mental illness.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2020
Review Historical Article[Rahel Hirsch (1870-1953): A Tribute For The 150th Birthday Of The First Female Professor Of Medicine In Germany].
Rahel Hirsch, whose 150th birthday was celebrated on 15 September 2020, is one of the female pioneers of medicine in Germany. Since it was not yet possible for women to study medicine in Germany at the end of the 19th century, she initially worked as a teacher. In 1898 she went to Switzerland to study medicine, graduating in Strasbourg in 1903. ⋯ As a Jew during the dictatorship of the National Socialists, she was marginalised and increasingly endangered, and emigrated to England in 1938. There she lived in modest circumstances and died in London in 1953. Rahel Hirsch, who asserted herself in a male-dominated environment both as a doctor and as a scientist, is a suitable role model for those who work for more gender equality in medicine and society today.