Johann Jakob Guggenbühl

Quick Facts

Intro

Swiss physician

Places

Switzerland

was

Physician Psychiatrist

Work field

Healthcare

Gender

Male

Birth

13 August 1816 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Meilen, Switzerland

Star sign

Leo People who share this birthday

Death

2 February 1863 People who died on this day

Place of death

Montreux, Switzerland

Age

46 years

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Biography

Johann Jakob Guggenbühl (August 13, 1816, Meilen – February 2, 1863 Montreux) was a Swiss physician. He is considered as one of the precursors of medico-educational care.

Johann Jakob Guggenbühl with children of his hospital, 1853.

Life

Guggenbühl showed interest in cretinism and was convinced that this disease could be cured. He created, in 1841, a residential home for mentally-handicapped children in Interlaken that lasted until 1860.

Works

Hülfsruf aus den Alpen, zur Bekämpfung des schrecklichen Cretinismus. In: Maltens Bibliothek der neuesten Weltkunde. Band 1, Aarau 1840, p. 191 et seq.
Briefe über den Abendberg und die Heilanstalt für Cretinismus, 1846.
Die Heilung und Verhütung des Cretinismus und ihre neuesten Fortschritte, 1853.

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