Otfrid Foerster
Physician
1873 – 1941
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Who was Otfrid Foerster?
Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the hyperventilation test for epilepsy, Foerster's syndrome, the first electrocorticogram of a brain tumor, and the first surgeries for epilepsy. He is also known as the first to describe the dermatomes, and he helped map the motor cortex of the cerebrum.
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- Born
- Nov 9, 1873
Wrocław - Also known as
- Dr. Otfrid Foerster
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- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Wrocław
- Died
- Jun 15, 1941
Wrocław
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on July 23, 2013
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