Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt

Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was a German neuropathologist, who first described the CreutzfeldtJakob disease. He was born in Harburg upon Elbe and died in Munich.

Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was born into a medical family in Harburg, which was incorporated into Hamburg in 1937. In 1903, at the age of 18, he was drafted into the German army and spent his service stationed in Kiel. Afterwards, he attended the School of Medicine of the Universities of University of Jena and University of Rostock, receiving his doctorate at the latter in 1909. Part of his practical training was undertaken at St. Georg Hospital in Hamburg. After qualification he sought adventure as a ships surgeon, voyaging the Pacific Ocean, taking the opportunity to study local crafts, linguistics, and tropical plants.

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