Joseph Czermak

This article is about the psychiatrist Joseph Czermak. On the physiologist and anatomist see Joseph Julius Czermak ; for other people see Josef Čermák .

Joseph Czermak or Čermák (rarely also Josef ; born November 25, 1825 in Prague , † July 24, 1872 in Graz ) was a Bohemian psychiatrist .

Life

Czermak was the son of the physician Johann Conrad Cermak (1797-1843) and studied medicine , first from 1844 at the University of Prague , then from 1845 at the University of Vienna . In 1848 he received his doctorate from Prague University as Dr. med. In addition, he obtained the degree of Magister obstetrics in 1848 and the degree of Dr. chir. in Prague. He then received a post-secondary doctorate at the Prague General Hospital . There he went through various departments, where he recognized his interest in psychiatry. Accordingly, in 1850 he was appointed 2nd secondary doctor at the Prague insane asylum and he was transferred to departments in this area. In order to align the insane asylums with the knowledge of the time, he undertook extensive study trips in 1850 and 1862.

In 1855, Czermak accepted a call as primary physician at the insane asylum in Brno . He took on tasks in the fight against the cholera epidemic and as a forensic doctor at the regional court and in the garrison hospital. Based on his practical experience, he designed a new asylum in 1863. Because of his achievements, he was called to Graz in 1869 to design a new state insane asylum there (today: LKH Graz II location south ). In addition, on August 9, 1870, he received an extraordinary professorship for psychiatry at the University of Graz . He did not see the complete completion of the new lunatic asylum in Graz.

The history painter Jaroslaw Czermak and the physiologist Johann Nepomuk Czermak were his brothers. The latter took over the management of the Graz institution. The ophthalmologist Wilhelm Czermak and the physicist Paul Czermak were his sons and the Egyptologist Wilhelm Czermak and the district manager Hans Czermak were his grandsons.

Fonts (selection)

• The Moravian insane asylum near Brno, its structural facilities, administration, medical treatment and statistics. Karl Czermak, Vienna 1866, ( digitized ).

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Czermak, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 389 ( digitized version ).
• Melchior Josef Bandorf :  Czermak, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 672.
• Julius Pagel : Czermak, the elder C., Joseph . In: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1901,  Col. 365–366 .
• Daniela Angetter:  Czermak, Joseph . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).

Web links

• Article Josef Czermak on the website of the University Archives Graz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The ADB deviates from 1826 as the year of birth.