Albert Eulenburg

Who was Albert Eulenburg?

Albert Eulenburg was a German neurologist who was a native of Berlin.

He studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin, Bern and Zurich, earning his doctorate 1861. Among his instructors were Johannes Peter Müller, Ludwig Traube and Albrecht von Graefe. Later he became a professor of pharmacology at the University of Greifswald, and in 1882, a professor of neurology in Berlin.

Eulenburg is remembered for his written works. His most ambitious work being the multi-volume Real-Encyclopädie der gesammten Heilkunde, which was published in four editions between 1880 and 1914. Later in his career he became interested in the field of sexology, and was co-editor of the journal Zeitschrift für Sexualwissenschaft. In 1902 Eulenburg penned a work on algolagnia, titled Sadismus und Masochismus. Other principal writings by Eulenburg include:

Lehrbuch der functionellen Nervenkrankheiten auf Physiologischer Basis. 1871, Page 712: Parry-Romberg syndrome.

Pathologie des Sympathicus. Prize-winning paper, with Paul Guttmann. Berlin, 1873.

Handbuch der allgemeinen Therapie und der therapeutischen Methodik. with Simon Samuel. three volumes, Berlin/Vienna, 1898-1899.