Oswald Berkhan

Oswald Berkhan (19 March 1834 – 15 February 1917) was a German physician.

Born in Blankenburg am Harz, He was one of the initiators of the "Idioten-Anstalt Neuerkerode" (institution for people with mental illnesses), which was thought to be a sanctuary for disabled and ill people. He was also a dedicated reformer of special education schools.

Dyslexia was first identified by Berkhan in 1881,^[1] and the term 'dyslexia' was later coined in 1887 by Rudolf Berlin,^[2] an ophthalmologist practicing in Stuttgart.

Berkhan died in Braunschweig.

Publications (selected)

• 1863: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Psychiatrie ... 1. Heft. Das Irrenwesen der Stadt Braunschweig in den früheren Jahrhunderten
• 1889: Ueber Störungen der Sprache und der Schriftsprache
• 1899: Über den angeborenen und früh erworbenen Schwachsinn
• 1902: Über den angeborenen oder früh sich zeigenden Wasserkopf (Hydrocephalus internus) und seine Beziehungen zur geistigen Entwickelung
• 1910: Das Wunderkind Christian Heinrich Heineken
• 1910: Otto Pöhler, das frühlesende Braunschweiger Kind

References

1. ^ Berkhan O (1917). Neur. Zent 28. 
2. ^ Wagner, Rudolph (January, 1973). "Rudolf Berlin: Originator of the term dyslexia". Annals of Dyslexia 23 (1): 57–63. doi:10.1007/BF02653841. 

External links

• "Oswald Berkhan" in Economypoint (includes list of articles)

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Name	Berkhan, Oswald
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Date of birth	19 March 1834
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Date of death	15 February 1917
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