Charles Sidney Bluemel
Charles Sidney Bluemel | |
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Born | 17 July 1884 |
Died | 17 December 1960 |
Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist, writer |
Charles Sidney Bluemel (17 July 1884 – 17 December 1960) was a British–American
Bluemel was born in London.[1] After graduating from boarding school in Margate, he spent a year in Germany before apprenticing at bicycle company Bluemel Brothers for three years.[1] He emigrated to the United States and studied at University of Colorado where he obtained his M.D. in 1916. He practiced psychiatry in Denver and was the owner of Mount Airy Sanitarium (1927–1953), a private psychiatric hospital.[1]
Bluemel was a major influence on the theories and therapies of stuttering.[2] His research from his career during 1913–1960 influenced stuttering theory. For example, he developed the theory of primary and secondary stuttering in 1913.[2] He also documented the historical treatment of the subject as far back as ancient Greece and Rome.[3]
Bluemel was editor of Colorado Medicine (1924–1925) and Denver Medical Bulletin (1920–1921).[1] He married Elinor Hensley in 1921, they had two children.[4]
He was a Fellow of the
Bluemel was an activist for
Selected publications
- Stammering and Cognate Defects of Speech (1913)
- Stammering: A Bibliography of the Past Decade, 1911 to 1920 (1921)
- The Heart of the Anti-Vivisectionist (1922)
- Mental Aspects of Stammering (1930)
- Stammering: A Bibliography (1931)
- Stammering and Allied Disorders (1935)
- The Troubled Mind (1938)
- War, Politics and Insanity (1948)
- Psychiatry and Common Sense (1954)
- The Riddle of Stuttering (1957)
References
- ^ University of Minnesota, Mankato: College of Allied Health and Nursing. Archived from the originalon 2021-06-03.
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- ^ "Charles Sydney Bluemel 1884-1960". University at Buffalo. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- PMID 13492333.