Hektoen International

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Tag: Karl Kroner

  • Young Hitler’s blindness in World War I

    Avi OhryTel Aviv, Israel During World War I, Corporal Adolf Hitler became blind during a gas attack in the trenches. He was examined by a young Jewish military physician, Karl Kroner, whose differential diagnosis was blindness due to mustard gas, malingering, shellshock, and/or “hysterical” blindness. He recommended transfer to the care of the famous neuro-psychiatrist…