Hans Berger

<html> <head> <title>Hans Berger</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/284/000174759/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Hans BergerBorn: <a href="/lists/659/000106341/" class=proflink>21-May</a>-<a href="/lists/872/000105557/" class=proflink>1873</a> Birthplace: Neuses, Germany Died: <a href="/lists/039/000106718/" class=proflink>1-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/451/000106133/" class=proflink>1941</a> Location of death: Bad Blankenburg, Germany Cause of death: <a href="/lists/287/000069080/" class=proflink>Suicide</a> Remains: Buried Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/866/000071653/" class=proflink>Lutheran</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: <a href="/lists/629/000096341/" class=proflink>Physicist</a>, <a href="/lists/179/000068972/" class=proflink>Scientist</a>, <a href="/lists/231/000069024/" class=proflink>Inventor</a>Nationality: Germany Executive summary: ElectroencephalogramMilitary service: German Army (1891-93 and 1916-18, medical services)German neuropsychiatrist Hans Berger proved the existence of electric voltage fluctuations in the human brain, and used an amplifying machine (an electroencephalograph) to record the first human electroencephalogram (EEG), measuring tiny changes in electrical flow between a pair of electrodes placed on a patient's skull. EEGs are now used to diagnose serious head injuries, brain tumors, epilepsy, and degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Prior to his EEG work, Berger had spent several years unsuccessfully seeking to correlate such factors as blood circulation and temperature with brain function. He later showed EEG variations between normal and brain-injured patients, and between patients with their eyes open and eyes closed. Berger conducted his early brain research in complete secrecy, and did not publish his until 1929, five years after his first EEG on 6 July 1924. Though not Jewish, he made no secret of his disdain for the growing Nazi movement in Germany, and for this he was stripped of his academic post in 1938. He hung himself three years later. His maternal grandfather was the poet Friedrich R點kert (1788-1866).Father: Paul Friedrich Berger (physician) Mother: Anna Rückert Berger Wife: Baroness Ursula von Bulow (b. 20-Nov-1886, m. 1911, d. 10-May-1970) Daughter: Ilse Berger Son: Klaus Berger (physician, b. 20-Mar-1912, d. 26-Nov-1941) Daughter: Rosemarie Berger Daughter: Ruth Berger     High School: Coberg Gymnasium, Coberg, Germany     Medical School: <a href="/edu/244/000086983/">MD, University of Jena (1897)</a>     Teacher: <a href="/edu/244/000086983/">Psychiatry, University of Jena (1897-1919)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/244/000086983/">Psychiatry, University of Jena (1906-38)</a>     Administrator: <a href="/edu/244/000086983/">Director of Psychiatric Clinic, University of Jena (1919-38)</a>     <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a>     <a href="/event/633/000064441/">Suicide Attempt</a> 1-Jun-1941 (successful) Author of books: Hans Berger on the Electroencephalogram of Man (<tt>1969</tt>, collected papers, posthumous) Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=174759" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>

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