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Max Nonne (13 January 1861,

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– 12 August 1959, Hamburg) was a German

neurologist Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal ...

Biography

Max Nonne received his early education at the ''

Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums The ''Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums'' ( ''Academic School of the Johanneum'', short: Johanneum) is a Gymnasium (or Grammar School ) in Hamburg, Germany. It is Hamburg's oldest school and was founded in 1529 by Johannes Bugenhagen. The school's ...

'' in Hamburg, and later studied medicine at the universities of

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, and

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, obtaining his doctorate in 1884. After graduation, he served as an assistant in the Heidelberg medical clinic under

Wilhelm Heinrich Erb Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (30 November 1840 – 29 October 1921) was a German neurologist. He was born in Winnweiler, and died in Heidelberg. Academic career In 1864 he received his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg, where for sev ...

(1840-1921) and in the surgical clinic in

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under Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch (1823-1908), then in 1889 returned to Hamburg as a neurologist. During the same year, he became head physician in the department of internal medicine at the Red Cross Hospital. In 1896 he was appointed director of neurology at Eppendorf Hospital,

. Nonne became a titular professor of neurology in 1913, and in 1919 began teaching classes in neurology at the newly founded

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, where in 1925 he became ''professor ordinarius''. Here he worked with

Alfons Maria Jakob Alfons Maria Jakob (2 July 1884 – 17 October 1931) was a German neurologist who worked in the field of neuropathology. He was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria and educated in medicine at the universities of Munich, Berlin, and Strasbourg, wh ...

(1884-1931). Max Nonne was one of the four physicians asked to investigate Vladimir Ilich Lenin during the Russian leaders' final disease.

Associated eponyms

* Nonne-Apelt reaction: Sensitive method for demonstrating

fibrin Fibrin (also called Factor Ia) is a fibrous, non-globular protein involved in the clotting of blood. It is formed by the action of the protease thrombin on fibrinogen, which causes it to polymerize. The polymerized fibrin, together with pla ...

globulin The globulins are a family of globular proteins that have higher molecular weights than albumins and are insoluble in pure water but dissolve in dilute salt solutions. Some globulins are produced in the liver, while others are made by the immune ...

liquor cerebrospinalis Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless body fluid found within the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord of all vertebrates. CSF is produced by specialised ependymal cells in the choroid plexus of the ventricles of the br ...

. * Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease: Chronic familial

lymphoedema Lymphedema, also known as lymphoedema and lymphatic edema, is a condition of localized swelling caused by a compromised lymphatic system. The lymphatic system functions as a critical portion of the body's immune system and returns interstitial fl ...

of the limbs.

Selected writings

* ''Syphilis und Nervensystem''. Berlin, 1902; fifth edition – 1924. (Translated into English and Spanish). * ''Diagnose und Therapie der syphilogenen Erkrankungen des Zentralnervensystems''. Halle, 1913. 47 pages.Who Named It
(bibliography)

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References

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