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Paul Hoffmann (July 1, 1884 – March 9, 1962) was a German neurophysiologist and is known for describing Hoffmann's sign. == Medical career == He was born in Dorpat, Estonia where his father was professor in Internal Medicine. He went on to study medicine in Universities of Leizpig, Marburg and Berlin from where he received his medical degree in 1909. In 1911 he was appointed as assistant to Max von Frey at Wurzburg University. He published 32 articles prior to beginning of World War I and during the war worked for several German field hospitals in France and military hospital at Wurzburg. His early worked mainly focused on nerve action potentials and electrophysiology of nerves. He was a prolific writer and researcher and has been hailed by some as father of modern German neurophysiology In 1917, he was appointed as Associate Professor at University of Berlin and in 1924 he was made director of Institute of Physiology at University of Freiburg-im-Breisgau which was completely destroyed in an aerial raid in 1944 but continued his work later in a new building until he retired in 1954.〔〔 He received honorary degrees form Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Zurich.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Hoffmann (neurophysiologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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