Ludwig Meyer
1827–1900
German psychiatrist. Passsed the state medical examination, Berlin, 1851; chief physician, Berlin, 1857; habilitated in 1858. Director, psychiatric section of St Georg hospital, Hamburg, 1859; director, Friedrichsberg psychiatric hospital, 1864. Professor of psychiatry, Göttingen, 1866. Introduced more humane methods of treatment and promoted a no-restraint policy in German psychiatric institutions.
Source
NDB
Bibliography
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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