Hubert von Grashey (30 October 1839 – 24 August 1914) was a German
psychiatrist born in
Grönenbach. He was son-in-law to psychiatrist
Bernhard von Gudden (1824–1886).
He studied medicine at the Universities of
Würzburg
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Berlin
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, earning his doctorate in 1867. Following graduation he worked under Gudden at the "Kreis-Irrenanstalt" (district mental asylum) in
Werneck
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. Later he was appointed director of the Kreis-Irrenanstalt-
Deggendorf
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, and in 1884 succeeded
Franz von Rinecker (1811–1883) as director of the mental hospital at
Würzburg
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After the death of his father-in-law in 1886, he relocated to
Munich
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, becoming head of the Upper Bavarian Kreis-Irrenanstalt. In 1896 he replaced Joseph von Kerschensteiner (1831–1896) in the Ministry, subsequently becoming chief medical officer and chair of the Bavarian ''Obermedizinalausschuss''.
Grashey died in Munich.
Selected writings
* ''Die Wellenbewegung elastischer Röhren und der Arterienpuls des Menschen'', Leipzig (1881).
* ''Bernhard von Gudden's gesammelte und hinterlassene abhandlungen'', (1889) -- Collected works of Bernhard von Gudden.
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References
Pagel: Biographical Dictionary excellent doctors of the nineteenth century
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Academic staff of the University of Würzburg
1839 births
1914 deaths
German psychiatrists
People from Unterallgäu