Richard Snell

Richard August Emil Snell (born March 16, 1867 in Hildesheim , † November 20, 1934 in Wiesbaden ) was a German psychiatrist and clinic director.

Life

Richard Snell was born the son of psychiatrist and clinic director Ludwig Snell ; the psychiatrist and clinic director Otto Snell was his older brother. Snell studied medicine and received his doctorate in 1891 from the University of Kiel . He then worked as a third doctor under Erich Gerstenberg at the Provincial Sanatorium in Hildesheim founded by his father. Afterwards he worked at the Provincial Correction and State Poor Institute in Wunstorf . After a short activity as a second doctor at the sanatorium and nursing home in Osnabrück , he returned in 1900 in the same position to the institution in Hildesheim. On April 1, 1906, he became director of the Eichberg sanatorium . From April 1, 1911 to March 30, 1932 he was director of the Herborn Sanatorium . In 1913 he was appointed to the medical council.

Fonts

• Contribution to the knowledge of the effects of cocaine. From the laboratory of the pharmacognostic collection in Kiel. Dissertation. University of Kiel 1891. Schmidt & Klaunig, Kiel 1891.
• About the health disadvantages of alcohol abuse and health police measures against it. In: German quarterly publication for public health care. Volume 26, 1894, pp. 426-453.

literature

• Snell, Richard. In: Alma Kreuter: German-speaking neurologists and psychiatrists. A biographical-bibliographical lexicon from the precursors to the middle of the 20th century. Volume 3. Saur, Munich 1996, p. 1368 ( online ).
• Snell, Richard. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 9. 2nd edition, 2008, p. 490 ( online ).
• Peter Eller: Richard Snell, the first director of the Herborn Sanatorium. In: Christina Vanja (Ed.): 100 years of psychiatry in Herborn. Review, insight, outlook. Jonas, Marburg 2011, pp. 62–71.