Maximilian Leidesdorf
Maximilian (Max) Leidesdorf (born June 27, 1816 in Vienna ; † October 9, 1889 in Ober-Döbling near Vienna, today Vienna) was an Austrian psychiatrist .
Maximilian Leidesdorf received his doctorate in Bonn in 1845 and worked as a hospital doctor in Moscow and was head of a private insane asylum in St. Petersburg from 1848 to 1852 . In 1856 he completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna. In the J
In 1866 he became associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Vienna. From 1872 Leidesdorf succeeded Theodor Meynert as the primary physician in the insane department in the General Hospital of the City of Vienna . From 1886 he was a member of the Supreme Medical Council. His work has focused on the link between physical illness and mental illness.
Leidesdorf is buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (group A, number 19).
In 1894, the Leidesdorfgasse in Vienna- Döbling (19th district) was named after him.
Fonts
- Pathology and Therapy of Mental Illnesses. Enke, Erlangen 1860 ( digitized version ); 2nd, revised and significantly increased edition: Textbook of mental illnesses. Enke, Erlangen 1865 ( digitized version ).
- Quarterly journal for psychiatry , 1865, published together with Theodor Meynert
literature
- Birk Engmann: Supplementary volume to the biobibliographical lexicon "Neurologists". German-Russian scientific relations in the 19th century in the fields of psychiatry, neuropathology and neurology . Disserta, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-95935-538-4 .
- Roth: Leidesdorf Maximilian. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 104 f. (Direct links on p. 104 , p. 105 ).
- Helmut Leitner: Leidesdorf, Maximilian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 137 ( digitized version ).
- Theodor Kirchhoff: Leidesdorf, Maximilian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 625.
Web links
- Maximilian Leidesdorf in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Works by and about Maximilian Leidesdorf in the German Digital Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leidesdorf, Maximilian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leidesdorf, Max |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian psychiatrist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1816 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1889 |
Place of death | Vienna |