Adolph Strümpell

Adolph Strümpell (June 29, 1853 -- 1925); full name Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell was a German neurologist and educator whose medical career was spent in several European cities, including Leipzig, Erlangen and Breslau.

Along with French neurologist Pierre Marie, he is credited with identifying and diagnosing an arthritic spinal deformity which was to become known as the Marie–Strümpell disease (Ankylosing spondylitis). Together with French physician Maurice Lorrain, the eponymous Strümpell-Lorrain disease is named, which is an hereditary spastic paraplegia.

In 1884, Strümpell published a textbook on internal medicine which was based on his experiences. This publication, Lehrbuch der speziellen Pathologie und Therapie der inneren Krankheiten was then considered the definitive textbook in Germany in regards to internal medicine. Strümpell's wide-ranging research concerned tabes dorsalis, spinal cord diseases, infantile paralysis, acromegalia, and progessive muscular atrophy.