Rudolf Gottfried Arndt (31 March 1835 – 29 January 1900) was a German

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from Bialken, district of Marienwerder.

Biography

Arndt studied in

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpa ...

and Halle. As a student, his instructors included Felix von Niemeyer (1820–1871), Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben (1819–1895), and Heinrich Philipp August Damerow (1798–1866). He was conferred doctor of

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on 20 February 1860. From 1861 he maintained a private practice, and also participated in the

Second Schleswig War The Second Schleswig War (; or German Danish War), also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War, was the second military conflict over the Schleswig–Holstein question of the nineteenth century. The war began on 1 Februar ...

(1864),

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War (German: ''Preußisch-Österreichischer Krieg''), also known by many other names,Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Second War of Unification, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), ''Deutsc ...

(1866) and

Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 Janua ...

(1870–71). In 1867 he obtained his habilitation, subsequently serving as director of the ''Irren-Heil- und Pflege-Anstalt'' in

. In 1873 he became an associate professor of psychiatry at Greifswald. He died of

angina pectoris Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium). It is most commonly a symptom of coronary artery disease. Angina is typically the result of part ...

. He is known today for the " Arndt-Schulz rule", a pharmacologic principle of

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that is named in conjunction with German

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Hugo Schulz (1853-1932). He is also remembered for his investigations of neurasthenia.

Awards and decorations

* Order of the Crown, 4th class with Swords (Prussia, 1866) *

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of 1870, 2nd class on white-black band (Prussia, 1871) * Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion (Baden)

Selected writings

* ''Aus einem apoplectischen Gehirn'', 1878 - On the apoplectic brain. * ''Die Neurasthenie (Nervenschwäche), ihr Wesen, ihre Bedeutung und Behandlung'', 1885 - Neurasthenia (nerve weakness), its nature, its meaning and treatment. * ''Der Verlauf der Psychosen'', 1887 (with August Dohm) - The course of

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. * ''Was sind Geisteskrankheiten?'', 1897 - What is

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