Abstract: | The author wants to refer to C.-L. Kahlbaum, to one of the important German neurologists and psychiatrists. The life of Kahlbaum and his scientific results have been described in brief. Of especial value with regard to the treatise of the author is, that he knows both parts of the interior and exterior of the hospital of Kahlbaum of that time existing till now and the documents of the archives of the town of G?rlitz. The importance and necessity of knowledge and investigation of psychiatrical tradition have been shown in this treatise. |