Carl Moeli

Carl Moeli

Carl Franz Moeli ( Karl Moeli , born May 10, 1849 in Kassel , † November 4, 1919 in Berlin ) was a German psychiatrist and neurologist . Between 1893 and 1914 he headed the Herzberge insane asylum in Berlin .

Life

After studying medicine in Marburg , Würzburg and Leipzig , Moeli initially worked in internal medicine as an assistant at the Rostock and Munich clinics . In 1880 he came to Carl Westphal at the Charité psychiatric clinic in Berlin. Here he conducted clinical and anatomical studies of the optic nerve , examined the pupil fractions of the mentally ill and the course of the visual pathway . In addition, at Westphal's suggestion, he dealt with alcoholism as a clinical problem and the effects of syphilis on the brain. In 1883 he completed his habilitation in psychiatry and in 1884 went to the Berlin insane asylum as a senior physician . In 1893 he became the first director of the newly built 2nd Berlin lunatic asylum, in whose planning he played a major role. At about the same time he not only became a member of the scientific deputation for the medical field, but also as a consultant for the insane as an unskilled worker in the medical department of the Ministry of Culture . This made him one of the government’s most important advisers on psychiatric issues, a position that he carried out after he left Herzberge in 1914 until his death after a long-standing heart condition.

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Moeli's most important work was in the field of forensic psychiatry . He not only examined alcoholism and alcohol psychosis in their forensic relationships, but also dealt primarily with the so-called “ degenerative personalities and psychoses .” He noted connections between “mental inferiority” and crime and campaigned for criminal and civil law reforms to address the To treat “sane inferiors” (Moeli) in the penal system accordingly or to subject them to safe custody . He was considered an efficient director, but also a complicated personality. "Moeli was not a straight person who freely expressed his convictions and stood up for them," remarked Karl Birnbaum , who had worked under him for a long time. "Creating a cover, switching off your own responsibility as much as possible, avoiding a clear stipulation if possible, that was the sign under which everything happened." This was also one reason why Moeli was never able to create his own 'school'.

Fonts

• Alcoholism, mental disorder; atrophic paralysis of the extensors on the thigh . In: Charité-Ann. 1881.
• A note on drunkard epilepsy . In: Neurol. Centralbl. (1885)
• About crazy criminals. I. Medical histories. II. On the connection between insanity and crime. III. About determining the state of mind. IV. The simulation of mental illness. V. The treatment and placement of insane criminals . Berlin 1888, OCLC 43554477 .
• In memory of Carl Westphal. Speech . Berlin 1890, OCLC 253824919 .
• Treatment of poisoning with alcohol . In: W. Handb. D. spec. Therap. inner. Sick Volume 2, Jena 1894.
• On psychological weakness in its various forms . In: Preuss. Med.-Officials-Ver. Off. Ber. 11 (1894), pp. 136-148.
• Further information on the pupillary reaction . Berl. clin. Wrench 34 (1897), pp. 373, 401.
• Demonstration of the automatic eccentric; Rotary microtome Herzberge (Kaplan, Krefft, G. Meyer) . In: Allg. Ztschr. F. Psychiatry. (1900).
• About the temporary states of abnormal consciousness as a result of alcohol intoxication and about their forensic significance . In: Allg. Ztschr. F. Psychiatry. 57 (1900) OCLC 79973934 , pp. 169-204.
• The care for the mentally ill and the mentally abnormal, according to the legal regulations, ministerial decrees, official ordinances and the case law, a manual for doctors and administrators . Hall a. P. 1915.

literature

• Carl Moeli †. In: Archives for Psychiatry and Nervous Diseases. 61, 3, 1920, pp. 760-763, doi : 10.1007 / BF01910036 .
• Karl Moeli †. In: Mschr Psychiat Neurol. 46 (1919), pp. 294-308, doi : 10.1159 / 000190722 .
• Karl Birnbaum: Karl Moeli (1849-1919) . In: Theodor Kirchhoff (Ed.): Deutsche Irrenärzte. Individual images of their life and work. Vol. II, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1924, pp. 258-262.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Birnbaum: Karl Moeli (1849-1919) . In: Theodor Kirchhoff (Ed.): Deutsche Irrenärzte. Individual images of their life and work. Vol. II, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1924, pp. 258-262.