Gerbrandus Jelgersma

Gerbrandus Jelgersma

The Jelgersmaklinik in Oegstgeest

Gerbrandus Jelgersma (born November 1, 1859 in Doeveren , † August 17, 1942 in Oegstgeest ) was a Dutch psychiatrist and neurologist.

Life

Gerbrandus was the son of pastor Bernardus Jelgersma (born April 14, 1824 in Warmenhuizen; † December 9, 1899 in Apeldoorn) and his wife Titia Jiskje Faber, who was married on February 25, 1853 in Obdam (born October 20, 1824 in Hemelumer Oldeferd; † January 8, 1880 in Amsterdam). He attended the high school in Alkmaar and in 1878 studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam . Here he completed his medical exam in 1885 and then went to Bloemendaal where he worked at the Meerenberg Hospital. In 1887 he completed his habilitation in Amsterdam as a private lecturer in criminal anthropology, in 1894 went to Arnhem as director of the neurological sanatorium De Vogel en Plantentuin and in 1897 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Utrecht .

On May 23, 1899 he was appointed the first Dutch professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Leiden , for which he gave the introductory speech on September 20, 1899, psychology and pathological psychology . Jelgersma initially looked for the causes of mental illness in the structure of the brain. To do this, the brain cut into wafer-thin slices and was able to examine its complicated infrastructure. In doing so, he developed a method for coloring nerve tracts. Later he became a supporter of Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis , which assumes that psychological disorders lie in human earlier experiences. In 1900 he became editor of the Psychiatrische en Neurologische Bladen , wrote over 100 individual treatises in various medical writings and in 1930/31 his main literary work Lerboek der Psychiatrie was created .

He became a member of the Dutch Association of Psychiatry and Neurology, as well as other learned societies. In 1907 he organized the International Congress of Psychiatry in Amsterdam and in 1924 became a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion . In 1913/14 he was rector of the Leiden University , for which he gave the rector's speech Ongeweten geestesleven on February 9, 1914 . He resigned his professorship on January 2, 1930 and retired on September 15, 1930. At the beginning of his professorship he initiated the construction of a psychiatric clinic in the Leiden suburb of Oegstgeest, which was built from 1900 to 1903 under the name Rhijngeest. He stayed here even after his retirement. The clinic was named Jelgersmaklinik in 1950.

family

Jelgersma married on December 21, 1888 in Schiedam with Elisaberta Henrica Nelida Johanna Ris (born March 27, 1866 in Schiedam; † April 28, 1930 in Oegstgeest), the daughter of Elisabertus Henricus Ris (born March 15, 1839 in Schiedam; † April 2, 1866 ibid.) And his wife Clasina van der Zee, who married on June 5, 1862 in Schiedam (born February 24, 1838 in Schiedam; † September 16, 1883 ibid.). There are 3 daughters and a son from the marriage. From the children we know:

• Bertha Titia Jelgersma (born September 22, 1889 in Bloemendaal, † August 6, 1975 in The Hague) married. January 29, 1914 in Leiden with the journalist Herman Jacob Kiewiet de Jonge (born July 9, 1885 in Dordrecht; † July 29, 1933 in Bandung / Java)
• Gerda Maria Jelgersma (born January 31, 1891 in Bloemendaal, † October 1, 1971 in Leiden) married. August 1, 1913 in Noordwijk with doctor Pieter Timmers (born April 16, 1887 in Naaldwijk; † November 14, 1974 in Leiden)
• Johanna Clasina Jelgersam (born June 25, 1892 in Bloemendaal, † September 13, 1969 in Utrecht) married. I. November 17, 1910 in Leiden with Hubert Paulus van Tuijll van Serooskerken (born September 26, 1883 in The Hague; † August 16, 1958 ibid.); mated II. January 14, 1921 in London with Carel Frederik Eduard van Ingen (born January 12, 1899 in s'-Hertogenbosch; † September 5, 1933 in Woerden)
• Bernhard Jelgersma (born June 26, 1898 in Arnhem, † October 14, 1953 in Utrecht) became a doctor, married. June 19, 1931 in Leiden with power eld Aleid Colenbrander (born August 13, 1905 in Voorburg; † June 21, 1997 in Wageningen)

Works (selection)

• De beoefening der crimineele anthropologie en Rechtselijke psychiatrie aan de Universiteit. Utrecht 1894
• Wijsgeerige Strijdschriften. Amsterdam 1896
• Psychology and Philosophy. Amsterdam 1896
• Empty books of the functional neuroses. Amsterdam 1897-1900
• Psychology en pathological psychology. Leiden 1899
• Het hysterical stigma. Amsterdam 1903
• De physiological beteekenis van het cerebellum. Amsterdam 1904
• Over waandenkbeelden. Amsterdam 1911
• Een geval van hysterie, psycho-analytical treatment. Leiden 1915
• Leerboek's psychiatry. Amsterdam 1911–1912, 3rd edition 1926
• De small hersenen anatomically, physiologically and pathologically. Amsterdam 1920
• Atlas anatomicum cerebri humani. Amsterdam 1931 ( online )
• The cerebellum in anatomical, physiological and pathological terms. 1932
• The aquatic mammal brain, an anatomical study. Leipzig 1934

literature

• AM Luyendijk-Elshout: Jelgersma, Gerbrandus (1859-1942). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. The Hague, 1979, Vol. 1, ( Online )
• Prof. Dr. G. Jelgersma overleden. In: Leidsch Dagblad. August 18, 1942. p. 1 ( online )
• PROF. DR. G. JELGERSMA †, Oud-hoogleeraar in de psychiatrie en neurology. In: Leidsche Courant. August 19, 1942, p. 2 ( online )
• Jelgersma: een vroeg oude man met ingenious invallen. In de ban van de droom. In: Leidsch Dagblad. February 18, 1989, p. 31 ( online )

Web links

• Jelgersma in Het Oude Gesticht. the Dutch virtual museum of psychiatry
• Jelersma in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
• Jelersma in the digital library of Dutch literature