Thucydides. Übersetzt von Maximilian Jacobi, 3 Bde.

Maximilian Jacobi (1775-1858), physician and early psychiatrist. Educated in Jena, Göttingen, Edinburgh, and London, Jacobi earned his doctorate in 1797 and held various medical posts before becoming director of the Siegburg asylum in 1822, a role he held for over 30 years. After earning his doctorate, he settled as a physician in Eutin, where he sought to supplement his income by translating the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato. He pioneered a scientific, somatic approach to psychiatry, emphasizing humane treatment, empirical observation, and a close link between mental and physical health. DB