Otfrid Foerster

Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the hyperventilation test for epilepsy, Foerster's syndrome, the first electrocorticogram of a brain tumor, and the first surgeries for epilepsy. He is also known as the first to describe the dermatomes, and he helped map the motor cortex of the cerebrum.

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

November 9th, 1873

Age

152

Birth Place

Poland, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Date of Death

June 15th, 1941

Died Aged