Voskuil P H
Epilepsiecentrum dr. Hans Berger Kliniek, Breda.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1992 Sep 5;136(36):1777-80.
In the final months of his life Theo van Gogh was admitted to the 'Geneeskundig Gesticht voor Krankzinnigen te Utrecht'. In November 1990 from the archives of the Willem Arntsz Huis, psychiatric centre in Utrecht, the medical files from this period were made available and a transcription was made by Han van Crimpen and Sjraar van Heugten, scientific collaborators of the Van Gogh Museum. From these data it is acceptable to conclude that Theo van Gogh had dementia paralytica and suffered a fast deterioration of his situation in these last few months. It is, however, probable that at least as early as 1886 Theo showed the first symptoms of this disease when he was in Paris, and that he was treated for this reason by dr. Rivet and dr. Gruby. There are insufficient indications that in Vincent van Gogh's case the same diagnosis can be put forward. It is most probable that during Vincent's visit to Theo in Paris in July 1890 in Theo's case symptoms of his medical deterioration were to be seen and this may have influenced the considerations finally leading to Vincent van Gogh's suicide.
西奥·梵高生命的最后几个月被收治于“乌得勒支精神病患者总医院”。1990年11月，来自乌得勒支精神病中心威廉·阿恩茨之家的档案中，这一时期的医疗文件被公开，梵高博物馆的科研合作者汉·范·克林彭和斯赫拉·范·霍伊滕进行了转录。从这些数据可以推断，西奥·梵高患有麻痹性痴呆，在生命的最后几个月里病情迅速恶化。然而，很可能至少在1886年西奥在巴黎时就已出现这种疾病的最初症状，为此他曾接受里韦医生和格鲁比医生的治疗。没有足够迹象表明文森特·梵高的情况能做出同样的诊断。最有可能的是，1890年7月文森特在巴黎看望西奥时，能看到西奥病情恶化的症状，这可能影响了最终导致文森特·梵高自杀的种种考虑。
