Rudolf Arndt
Rudolf Gottfried Arndt was a German psychiatrist from Bialken, district of Marienwerder.Biography
Arndt studied in Greifswald and Halle. As a student, his instructors included Felix von Niemeyer, Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben, and Heinrich Philipp August Damerow. He was conferred doctor of medicine on 20 February 1860. From 1861 he maintained a private practice, and also participated in the Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War.
In 1867 he obtained his habilitation, subsequently serving as director of the Irren-Heil- und Pflege-Anstalt in Greifswald. In 1873 he became an associate professor of psychiatry at Greifswald. He died of angina pectoris.
He is known today for the "Arndt-Schulz rule", a pharmacologic principle of homeopathy that is named in conjunction with German chemist Hugo Schulz. He is also remembered for his investigations of neurasthenia.Awards and decorations
- Order of the Crown, 4th class with Swords
- Iron Cross of 1870, 2nd class on white-black band
- Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
Selected writings
- Aus einem apoplectischen Gehirn, 1878 - On the apoplectic brain.
- Die Neurasthenie, ihr Wesen, ihre Bedeutung und Behandlung, 1885 - Neurasthenia, its nature, its meaning and treatment.
- Der Verlauf der Psychosen, 1887 - The course of psychosis.
- Was sind Geisteskrankheiten?, 1897 - What is mental illness?
