[Russian Alienists and Neurologists at German universities in the 19th century]

So far, there have only been a small number of publications that provide an overview of the German-Russian scientific exchange in the fields of psychiatry and neurology during the 19th century. By evaluating a bio-bibliographic lexicon created within the framework of a project of the Saxon Academy of Sciences, it has been possible to examine in detail this exchange of scientific knowledge for the first time, focusing on 357 19th century Russian and German psychiatrists and neurologists. The present article is an excerpt from this work. It turns out that Russian representatives from both fields frequently visited German hospitals and institutions. These stays provided the prelude to an independent Russian development of the two disciplines which subsequently enriched science with its own innovations, on both the professional and the organizational level.