Berlin neuroanatomist and psychiatrist born in 1833 died in 1890.Karl friedrich otto westphal was a renowned physician and private medical consultant.From 1851, he studied in Berlin, Heidelberg and Zurich, and received his doctorate in Vienna and Paris.In 1857 westphal became assistant to the charite smallpox branch in Berlin.A year later, he moved to the department of mental disorders as an assistant doctor.In 1861, he was appointed professor of psychiatry at the university of Berlin.In 1868, westphal became head of smallpox and internal medicine.A year later, in 1869, he was appointed distinguished professor of psychiatry, chief physician and clinical teacher of the department of psychiatry and neurological diseases, and full professor of psychiatry in 1874.Edinger-Westphal nucleus: parasympathetic nucleus of the third oculomotor nerve.