Education
Arndt studied in Greifswald and Halle.
military physician psychiatrist university professor
Arndt studied in Greifswald and Halle.
As a student, his instructors included Felix von Niemeyer (1820–1871), Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben (1819–1895), and Heinrich Philipp August Damerow (1798–1866). He was conferred doctor of medicine on 20 February 1860. From 1861 he maintained a private practice, and also participated in the Second Schleswig War (1864), Austro-Prussian War (1866) and Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).
In 1867 he obtained his habilitation, subsequently serving as director of the Irren-Heilund Pflege-Anstalt in Greifswald.
In 1873 he became an associate professor of psychiatry at Greifswald. He died of angina pectoris.
He is known today for the "Arndt-Schulz rule", a pharmacologic principle of homeopathy that is named in conjunction with German chemist Hugo Schulz (1853-1932). He is also remembered for his investigations of neurasthenia.