Friday, October 2, 2009

Psychiatrists on bank notes.



For many years there is a custom to put the image of national heroes on the bills, so there are images of four psychiatrists. Sigmund Freud (1856-1940), his image you may find on modern Austrian banknotes in denominations of 50 shillings. After studying medicine at the University of Vienna, he later worked in Paris under Charcot. Based on the numerous experiences recounted to Freud by his patients, he formulates the concept of sexual fantasies. In 1902, Freud and his friends organize a psychological circle, which meets weekly to discuss relevant scientific issues. In 1909, this group establishes the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, which becomes the International Psychoanalytical Association in 1912. In 1923, Freud published his work "Nhe Ego and Id".
Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), his picture appeared on the back side of the 2-dollar bills in 1976. He received the title of Bachelor of Arts in 15 years and became a doctor of medicine in 1768. He published several medical papers, and treatises against slavery. Between 1789 and 1796, he received three titles of professor of medicine. His last book, "Medical research and surveillance of diseases of the brain", published in 1812 was the first work in the field of psychiatry, established in the United States.
Auguste Henri Forel (1848-1931),image of this psychiatrist can be found on the modern Swiss banknotes in 1000 francs. He is the most famous and progressive Swiss psychiatrist of the 19th century. Forel was the first scientist who prepared a psychological picture of the human brain, and later gave a precise description of the hypothalamus, one of the divisions of which was named "campus Foreli". In 1879 he was promoted to Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Zurich, and introduced the systematic teaching of forensic psychiatry. In 1888, Forel has made compulsory the teaching of psychiatry at the medical faculty.
Julius Wagner Jauregg (1857-1940). Face the Austrian psychiatrist, appeared on 500-shiling banknote of National Bank in 1953. He received his medical degree in 1890 at the Vienna University. Jauregg became a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Graz in 1889, and four years later he moved to Vienna. In 1917, he proposed malaria therapy as a treatment for progressive paralysis to very unstable patients and by this saved thousands of lives. Wagner von Jauregg deservedly received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1927.

No comments:

Post a Comment