[Wilhelm Brüggemann--a neurosurgeon in the Ruhr district (1925-1990)].
Wilhelm Josef Brüggemann, born January 25, 1925, established Neurosurgery in the City of Gelsenkirchen, city of 300,000 inhabitants in the industrial area of the Ruhr District of Germany. After his neurosurgical training with W. Tönnis in Cologne, he worked as Neurosurgeons at the Knappschafts-Hospital "Bergmannsheil" in Gelsenkirchen-Buer from 1967 to 1983. His life and work are commemorated. He died from vascular disease on April 1, 1990.
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Wilhelm Brüggemann--ein Neurochirurg im Ruhrgebiet (1925-1990).