Background
Veith, Ilza was born on May 13, 1915 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1945.
(Despite the evolution and the importance of hysteria in t...)
Despite the evolution and the importance of hysteria in the domain of psychiatry, the disease's history has been largely ignored. This volume covers the historical development of the concepts of hysteria's nature, origins, symptoms and management.
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Historian of psychiatric and Oriental medicine
Veith, Ilza was born on May 13, 1915 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1945.
Student medical schools, Geneva and Vienna, Austria, 1934-1936; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1944; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1947; Igaku hakase (Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Medical Science), School Medicine, Juntendo U., Tokyo, 1975.
Cons. Oriental medicine, Armed Forces Medical Library, Washington, 1947-1957;
lecturer in history medicine, University of Chicago, 1949-1951;
editorial board, University of Chicago Press, 1951-1953;
assistant professor of history medicine, University of Chicago, 1953-1957;
associate professor, University of Chicago, 1957-1963;
consultant in History of Medicine, National Institute Health, 1959-1964;
visiting professor, Menninger School Psychiatry, 1963;
professor of history medicine, vice department chairman, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, 1964-1979;
professor of history psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, 1967-1979;
professor emeritus, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, since 1979. D.J. Davies Memorial lecturer University of Illinois School Medicine, 1958. Sloan visiting professor Menninger Foundation, 1963, 66.
John Shaw Billings lecturer U. Indiana School Medicine, Indianapolis, 1970. George W. Corner lecturer history medicine U. Rochester, New York, 1970. Logan Clendenning lecturer history of medicine U. Kansas School Medicine, 1971.
Special lecturer VI World Congress Psychiatry, 1977. Hideyo Noguchi lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1977.
(Despite the evolution and the importance of hysteria in t...)
(Despite the evolution and the importance of hysteria in t...)
Honorary fellow American Psychiatric Association (Benjamin Rush Memorial lecturer 1987). Member American Association History of Medicine (council member 1958-1962, 73-77), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society History of Medicine Chicago (president 1954-1964), Society History Medical Sciences Los Angeles (honorary), History Science Society, American Medical Association (associate), Marin Medical Society (honorary), Spanish Society History of Medicine (honorary, corresponding member), Bay Area Medical History Society (vice president 1972), Johns Hopkins Alumni Association (past president Illinois), Royal Society Medicine (London), Vishwa Institute of Oriental Medicine, Sri Lanka (honorary), German Society History Medicine, Science and Technology (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Married Hans von Valentini Veith, October 20, 1935 (deceased March 1991).