Theodor Kirchhoff (physician)

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Theodor Kirchhoff

Theodor Kirchhoff (born June 27, 1853 in Moers , † October 28, 1922 in Schleswig ) was a German psychiatrist and psychiatric historian . Among other things, he published a comprehensive collection of researcher biographies under the title German Irrenärzte .

Kirchhoff was director of the Provincial Nursing Institution near Neustadt in Holstein and also taught as a private lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Kiel .

Fonts (selection)

  • Overviews of the history of German insane care in the Middle Ages. In: General journal for psychiatry and psychiatric forensic medicine. Volume 43, Issue 1, 1887, pp. 61-103.
  • Relationship of demons and witches to German insane care. In: General journal for psychiatry and psychiatric forensic medicine. Volume 44, Issue 4, 1888, pp. 329-398.
  • Outline of a history of German insane care. Berlin 1890.
  • Floor plan of psychiatry for students and doctors. Deuticke, Leipzig, Vienna 1899.
  • History of Psychiatry. In: Gustav Aschaffenburg (Ed.): Manual of Psychiatry, General Part, Dept. 1–5, Special Part, Dept. 1–7. Leipzig / Vienna 1911–1915, General Part, Section 4, pp. 1–48.
  • The facial expression and its trajectories in the healthy and the sick, especially in the insane. Springer, Berlin 1922.
  • (Ed.) German mad doctors: individual images of their life and work. 2 volumes. Edited with the support of the German Research Institute for Psychiatry in Munich. Springer, Berlin 1921, 1924.

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personal data
SURNAME Kirchhoff, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Moers
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1922
Place of death Schleswig