. Glimpses of medical Europe. isachievements. And when finally I came backto earth I had no desire to go through thenew Institute across the way, but reservedthat visit for another day and went slowlyhomeward. The foundation of the Charite dates fromthe year 1710. The cause of the erection ofthe first building was the outbreak of theplague in Prussia, in 1709, but the plaguespared Berlin, and the building was used asa poor-house and garrison infirmary. In 1726the Royal Charite really first became a healingand teaching institution. The foundation ofthe University caused a need of clinics formed
. Glimpses of medical Europe. isachievements. And when finally I came backto earth I had no desire to go through thenew Institute across the way, but reservedthat visit for another day and went slowlyhomeward. The foundation of the Charite dates fromthe year 1710. The cause of the erection ofthe first building was the outbreak of theplague in Prussia, in 1709, but the plaguespared Berlin, and the building was used asa poor-house and garrison infirmary. In 1726the Royal Charite really first became a healingand teaching institution. The foundation ofthe University caused a need of clinics formedical instruction and led to an agreementbetween the University and the Charite where- 99 MEDICAL EUROPE by one part of the Charite was turned intouniversity clinics. The names of the men whohave been chiefs of chnics in the Charitewould almost be a list of the men who havemade German medicine what it is surgery there was Johann Rust andDieffenbach; and later Adolf Bardeleben(who was the first to introduce antiseptic. Surgical Clinic—Ciiartte surgery into Germany), and Franz first director of the medical clinic wasJohann Christian Reil, famous as a fighter forfreedom in the treatment of insanity. Schoen-lein was one of the first to introduce micro-scopical and chemical methods into clinicaldiagnosis. Theodor Frerichs is known forhis contributions to our knowledge of dis-eases of the liver and kidneys, and diabetes. 100 BERLIN The fame of Ludwig Traube brought studentsto BerHn from many lands. In psychiatryand nerve diseases there have been such menas Griesinger and Westphal and Jolly. The old Pathological Institute I have al-ready referred to. It was founded in , indeed, was a golden hive. FirstJohannes Muellers proposal for a professor
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