Johann Gottlieb Burckhardt (24 December 1836 – 6 February 1907) was a Swiss psychiatrist and the medical director of small mental hospital in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. He is commonly regarded as having performed the first modern psychosurgical operation. Born in Basel Switzerland he trained as doctor at the Universities of Basel Göttingen and Berlin receiving his medical doctorate in 1860.
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active years end year
1907-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1860-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
1836-12-24
birth place
Basel, Switzerland
death date
1907-02-06
death place
Basel, Switzerland
education
Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Basel, University of Göttingen, Internal medicine, Habilitation
institution
Riehen, Neuchâtel, Psychiatry, Privatdozent, University of Bern
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