Dr. Eduard Flatau, one of the most renowned psychiatrists, died here to-day at the age of 63. His most important service to medical science was the discovery of cancer of the brain.
Dr. Flatau, who was born in Plotzk in 1869, went to Moscow University to study medicine at the age of 17. After a five years’ course there, he went to Berlin University, where he took an eight-year course, including a short term at Heidelberg University. He started practising as a nerve special in Warsaw 33 years ago. He wrote a number of books on medical subjects, including “The Atlas of the Human Brain”, “Normal and Pathological Anatomy of the Nerve Cells”, “Neuritus and Polyneuritus”, and several works on psychiatry and nerve disease. He also contributed to many medical encyclopaedias and medical publications.
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