n the university library of Basel Switzerland, there is a 'Dr.med.' Walter L. in Berlin, 1919, unfortunately without biographical notes592 However, the Basle files include the title of his thesis: "Löwenberg, Walter: Ueber die diffuse Ausbreitung von Gliomen in den weichen Haeuten des Zentralnervensystems. Masch.schr. [typewritten version only]. Berlin Med.Diss 12. Dezember 1919."593