Rudolf Schärer

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Franz Johann Rudolf Schärer (born August 22, 1823 in Unterseen , † February 16, 1890 in Bern ) was a Swiss psychiatrist .

Life

The son of Rudolf B. Franz Schärer († 1844), pastor at the Nydegg Church , studied medicine and received his doctorate . As a student, he taught swimming and gymnastics at schools in Bern . In 1846, Schärer became a secondary doctor at the Outer Hospital, a branch of the Inselspital . From 1855 he worked in the newly built asylum Waldau , whose director he became in 1859. From 1861 he also held clinical-psychiatric lectures there. In 1863 he received his habilitation and on May 23, 1874 he was appointed associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Bern. In 1890 he had to resign due to a serious illness, his successor as clinic director and psychiatry professor was Wilhelm von Speyr .

Schärer was a fan of outdoor gymnastics, hiking , swinging and shooting . He also wrote a guide for wrestlers. For the Waldau he obtained the purchase of an agricultural property; he instituted agricultural work and feasts for the patients.

Rudolf Schärer's sister Luise Stauffer-Schärer was the mother of the painter Karl Stauffer-Bern .

Fonts

  • Instructions for swinging and wrestling. Rudolf Jenni, Bern 1864 ( online ).

literature

  • Schaerer, Rudolf. In: The lecturers of the Bern University of Applied Sciences 1528–1984. University of Bern, Bern 1984 ( online ).
  • Schärer, Rudolf. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Saur, Munich. Vol. 8 (2007), p. 746 f. ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b List of all burgers in the city of Bern on 1st Jenner 1848. Stämpfli, Bern 1848, p. 100.
  2. ↑ a b Schärer, Rudolf. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Saur, Munich. Vol. 8 (2007), p. 746 f. ( online ).
  3. ^ A b Hermann Böschenstein : Federal Councilor Carl Schenk (1823–1895): An image of the life of man and politician in his time. Züst, Bern-Bümpliz 1946, p. 24.
  4. ↑ Robert Blaser, Heinrich Buess (ed.): Current Problems from the History of Medicine: Negotiations of the 19th International Congress for the History of Medicine, Basel, 7. – 11. September 1964. Karger, Basel 1966, p. 476.
  5. ↑ Schaerer, Rudolf. In: The lecturers of the Bern University of Applied Sciences 1528–1984. University of Bern, Bern 1984 ( online ).
  6. ↑ Bern Chronicle: The year 1874. In: Berner Taschenbuch. Vol. 26 (1876), pp. 283-306, here p. 295 ( online ).
  7. ^ A b Fritz Walther : Wilhelm von Speyr 1852–1939. In: Negotiations of the Swiss Natural Research Society . Vol. 120 (1940/41), pp. 494-502, here p. 495 f. ( online ).
  8. ^ Bernhard von Arx: The case of Karl Stauffer: Chronicle of a scandal. Hallwag, Bern 1969, p. 204.
personal data
SURNAME Schärer, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schärer, Franz Johann Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Unterseen
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1890
Place of death Bern