Artvinli Fatih
a Department of Medical History and Ethics , Acibadem University School of Medicine , Istanbul , Turkey.
J Hist Neurosci. 2014;23(2):127-39. doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2013.835521. Epub 2014 Apr 3.
This article explores the history of general paralysis of the insane (GPI) and its treatment in Turkey. GPI was considered as "a disease of civilization" at the end of the nineteenth century. From the early years of the twentieth century, Turkish psychiatrists discussed and interpreted the causes of GPI and followed the European diagnostic and treatment methods of the disease. Austrian psychiatrist Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857-1940) introduced and developed "malaria fever therapy" for general paralysis in 1917. Malaria fever therapy spread to other countries and, during the 1920s, the treatment was also used in Turkey. This article not only aims to illuminate an unnoticed aspect of the history of psychiatry in Turkey but also uses GPI as a model to illustrate how psychiatry in Turkey was influenced by the developments in Europe.
本文探讨了土耳其麻痹性痴呆（GPI）的病史及其治疗情况。在19世纪末，麻痹性痴呆被视为“文明病”。从20世纪初开始，土耳其精神病学家就对麻痹性痴呆的病因进行了讨论和解读，并遵循欧洲对该病的诊断和治疗方法。奥地利精神病学家尤利乌斯·瓦格纳-尧雷格（1857 - 1940）于1917年引入并开发了用于治疗麻痹性痴呆的“疟疾热疗法”。疟疾热疗法传播到了其他国家，在20世纪20年代，土耳其也采用了这种治疗方法。本文不仅旨在揭示土耳其精神病学史中一个未被关注的方面，还以麻痹性痴呆为范例来说明欧洲的发展是如何影响土耳其精神病学的。
