Goldscheider, Alfred, 1858-1935

LC control no.	no2012003567
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Goldscheider, Alfred, 1858-1935 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Goldscheider, A. (Alfred), 1858-1935 Goldscheider, Johannes Karl Eugen Alfred, 1858-1935 Goldscheider, Johann Karl Eugen Alfred, 1858-1935
Birth date	18580804
Death date	19350410
Place of birth	Lubsko, Poland
Affiliation	Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin
Profession or occupation	Neurologist Internist
Found in	Handbuch der physikalischen therapie, 1901: title page (Dr. A. Goldscheider, a.o. Prof. in Berlin) Wikipeida, via WWW, January 9, 2012 (Alfred Goldscheider; German neurologist; born Johannes Karl Eugen Alfred Goldscheider on August 4, 1858 in Sommerfeld (today Lubsko, Poland); studied medicine at Friedrich-Wilhelm Medical-Surgical Institute in Berlin, and subsequently spent the next seven years as a military physician; during this time he was also an assistant to physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond; later he became a professor at the University of Berlin; best-known for his work with the somatosensory system, particularly research of the body's thermoreceptors concerning its localized coolness and warmness spots; he also performed research of localized tactile skin sensitivity, including tests involving pain and tickle sensation; the eponymous terms Goldscheider's test and Goldscheider's percussion are derived from his research; performed studies on the structure of nerve cells and their changes under different stimuli; he is also credited with describing the skin disorder, epidermolysis bullosa, which is sometimes referred to as Goldscheider's disease; died April 10, 1935) Deutsche National Bibliothek, January 9, 2012 (Goldscheider, Alfred; male; 1858-1935; doctor, internist; other names: Goldscheider, Johannes Karl August Eugen Alfred ; Goldscheider, Johann Karl August Eugen Alfred ; Goldscheider, Johannes K. ; Goldscheider, A.) VIAF, January 9, 2011 (hdg: Goldscheider, Alfred, 1858-1935)