Christian Friedrich William scooter (* 11 January 1802 in Pforzheim; "† 4 January 1878 in Achern) was a German psychiatrist. He was founder and director/conductor of many years of the welfare and institute for care Illenau in Achern.

Life

Christian Friedrich William scooter was secondaryborn of altogether seven children from the marriage of the physician Johann Christian scooter and Augusts Wilhelmine scooter, born Finner. The firstborn sister died as an infant, so that it as the oldest one with five brothers and sisters buildup. By small on its life was coined/shaped by the work of its father, who led the lunatic asylum from 1804 to death 1814 in Pforzheim. 1814 got sick it and its father at typhoid fever. While its father at the age of 40 years at the illness died, he overcame her.

From 1818 to 1821 it studied medicine in and Goettingen. After successful study conclusion it established itself as a physician in Pforzheim. 1825 it bereiste on behalf the grossherzoglichen government different lunatic asylums in Europe, in order to study handling and the treatment of the patients. 1827 it became Assistenzarzt in the Heidelberger lunatic asylum and led it from 1835 to 1842. Strongly affected by its study trip and the unsatisfactory conditions in Heidelberg, he supported together with the leader Friedrich Groos the new building of a larger and more modern institute. it represented the lunatic asylum to 1831 in its book "„after all their relations "“, how such is to be arranged, in order the requirements of current realizations and humanity to become fair.

1840 he married its cousin Christiane scooter. Together they had nine children, from whom three already died in recent years.

1842 became its conceptions reality, when the welfare and institute for care Illenau in Achern were opened. It led these up to its death 1878.

Achievements

The large achievement of Christian Friedrich William scooter was the consistent conversion of its conception of a modern lunatic asylum. The establishment of the welfare and institute for care Illenau in the rural idyl of the Ortenau followed its idea "„of the isolation "“of the patients. Scooter intention thereby was however not banishing the patients from the society. Its experience of many years had shown it that psychological illnesses often stand with peculiarities of the used Ungebung in connection. He saw land asylum to healing chances therefore in the separation from the used environment by the accommodation in one "„"“.

Time of its life it defended its idea vehement against the representatives "„of the city asylum "“, professors of the medical faculties of the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg. This contrary opinion and above all the fact that scooter had a large lobby with the national administration and with the grossherzoglichen yard, had to the consequence that after its death was only furnished to the Universities of appropriate institutes and researched again systematically.

Writings

• The lunatic asylum after all its relations, Carl peace 1831

Literature

• Gerhard Christian scooter and Ernst Fink. The beginnings of Illenau. Acheron publishing house, Achern 1996, ISBN 3-928207-25-3
• Gerhard The history of the Illenau of 1842-1940. Of to the worth living. publishing house, cap LRO deck 2000, ISBN 3-930360-07-1

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