Heinrich Philipp August Damerow
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Heinrich Philipp August Damerow (28 December 1798 – 22 September 1866) was a German psychiatrist
who was born in Stettin, Province of Pomerania
, Prussia
(today Szczecin, Poland).
In 1822 he earned his doctorate in Berlin
, where he was a student of Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Schleiermacher and psychiatrist Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn
. He continued his education in Paris
, where he studied under Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol
, and at the Siegburg
asylum north of Bonn
, where he met with Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi
. In 1830 he became an associate professor, and in 1836 was appointed director of a mental institution near Halle
.
Damerow was one of the more influential German psychiatrists during the mid-19th century. He was an advocate of an holistic
approach to treating mental illness, and felt that a physician must view the patient as a union of body, mind and soul. With Carl Friedrich Flemming
(1799–1880) and Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Roller
(1802–1878), he was co-founder of the psychiatric journal Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie.
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
who was born in Stettin, Province of Pomerania
Province of Pomerania (1653–1815)
The Province of Pomerania was a province of Brandenburg-Prussia, the later Kingdom of Prussia. After the Thirty Years' War, the province consisted of Farther Pomerania. Subsequently, the Lauenburg and Bütow Land, Draheim, and Swedish Pomerania south of the Peene river were joined into the province...
, Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
(today Szczecin, Poland).
In 1822 he earned his doctorate in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, where he was a student of Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Schleiermacher and psychiatrist Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn
Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn
Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn was a German physician who was a native of Braunschweig. In 1797 he received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen, and later worked as a physician at the clinical institute in Braunschweig...
. He continued his education in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where he studied under Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol
Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol
Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol was a French psychiatrist.Born and raised in Toulouse, Esquirol completed his education at Montpellier...
, and at the Siegburg
Siegburg
--122.148.78.228 05:06, 14 November 2011 Siegburg is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...
asylum north of Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, where he met with Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi
Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi
Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi was a German psychiatrist who was a native of Düsseldorf. He was the son of philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi ....
. In 1830 he became an associate professor, and in 1836 was appointed director of a mental institution near Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
.
Damerow was one of the more influential German psychiatrists during the mid-19th century. He was an advocate of an holistic
Holism
Holism is the idea that all the properties of a given system cannot be determined or explained by its component parts alone...
approach to treating mental illness, and felt that a physician must view the patient as a union of body, mind and soul. With Carl Friedrich Flemming
Carl Friedrich Flemming
Carl Friedrich Flemming was a German psychiatrist born in Jüterbog. He was the father of cellular biologist Walther Flemming ....
(1799–1880) and Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Roller
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Roller
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Roller was a German psychiatrist born in Pforzheim. -Career:Roller studied medicine at the Universities of Tübingen and Göttingen, and following graduation returned to Pforzheim to practice medicine...
(1802–1878), he was co-founder of the psychiatric journal Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie.
Selected writings
- Über die relative Verbindung der Irren-, Heil- und Pfleganstalten (Leipzig 1840)
- Zur Kretinen- und Idiotenfrage (Berlin 1858)
- Über die Grundlage der Mimik und Physiognomie, als freier Beitrag zur Anthropologie und Psychiatrie (Berlin 1860)