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Thiodolf Saelan
Thiodolf Saelan in the 1870s
Born(1834-11-20)November 20, 1834
Lappeenranta
DiedJune 24, 1921(1921-06-24) (aged 86)
Helsinki
NationalityFinnish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Medicine

Anders Thiodolf Saelan (Sælan) (born November 20, 1834 in Lappeenranta – died June 24, 1921 in Helsinki) was a Finnish physician and botanist.[1] He reformed Finnish mental health care during his decades as chief physician of Lapinlahti Psychiatric Hospital in Helsinki.[2]

Life and career

Saelan's parents were Anders Johan Saelan (1795–1841), pastor of Jämsä, and Antoinette Henrietta Kristina Müller. He attended Porvoo Upper Secondary School (1844–1848) and Porvoo High School (1848–1851) and became a university student in 1851. Saelan graduated from the University of Helsinki with a bachelor's degree in physical mathematics in 1855 and a master's degree in 1857. Saelan studied in Stockholm from 1860 to 1861. He became a Bachelor of Medicine in 1859 and a licentiate and Doctor of Medicine and Surgery in 1865. He later became a Master of Joy (Riemumaisteri, an honorary degree awarded to those working for 50 years since receiving a master's degree) and Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in 1907 and a Doctor of Joy in 1917.[3]

Saelan was an amanuensis of the University of Helsinki Botanical Garden from 1859 to 1866, an additional doctor of the National Board of Medicine from 1861 to 1864, and an acting doctor from the Tornio and Lapland districts as a district physician [fi] from 1864 to 1865. Saelan worked at Lapinlahti Psychiatric Hospital as a resident from 1865 to 1868 and as an attorney general from 1868 to 1904. His dissertation Om självmordet i Finland i statistiskt och rättsmedicinskt hänseende ("About suicide in Finland in statistical and forensic terms") was the first Finnish study to deal with suicides from a medical point of view.[4] He was awarded the title of professor in 1877. For several decades, he was Finland's most important expert in psychiatry and mental health care.[5][3]

Saelan's other field was botany, where he was also one of the most important Finnish researchers of his time.[5] He was an avid botanist and spent much of his time in the Lapinlahti hospital park.[6][7]

Thiodolf Saelan was married in 1873 to Naema Lovisa Vivika von Knorring (1850–1920). They had four children: Gertrud Maria (1875–1911), Karl Thorvald (1878–1959), Eva Johanna Paersch (1883–1966), and Sigyn Naemi Lindberg (1888–1965). Karl Saelan was the technical director of the Kaukas pulp mill [fi].[3]

Selected works

  • Lönnrot, Elias; Saelan, Thiodolf (1866). Flora Fennica: Suomen kasvio. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran kirjapainossa.
  • Bomansson, J. O.; Saelan, Thiodolf (1889). Herbarium Musei Fennici: enumeratio plantarum Musei Fennici / quam edidit Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki: Ex officina typographica H.J. Simelii. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.40897.
  • Saelan, Thiodolf; Blomstedt, Väinö (1907). Finlands förnämsta ätliga och giftiga svampar. Helsinki: Otava. OCLC 58263074.
  • Saelan, Thiodolf; Blomstedt, V. (1907). Suomen tärkeimmät syötävät ja myrkylliset sienet: Sanoin ja kuvin. Otava.
  • Saelan, Thiodolf (1916). Finlands botaniska litteratur till och med år 1900 (PDF). Acta Societatis pro fauna et flora Fennica (in Swedish). Vol. 43. Helsinki. pp. 1–633. ISSN 0373-6660.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Achté, Kalle, ed. (1981). Professori A. Th. Saelanin muistikirjat osat 1–2 [Professor A. Th. Saelan Notebooks Parts 1–2]. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopistollinen keskussairaalaliitto, Psykiatrian klinikka (Helsinki University Central Hospital Association, Psychiatric clinic).

References

  1. ^ Carpelan, T. (1926). "Sælan, Anders Thiodolf". Nordisk Familjebok. Stockholm. p. 157.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Nenonen, Kaisu-Maija; Teerijoki, Ilkka (1998). Historian suursanakirja (in Finnish). Porvoo; Helsinki; Juva: W. Söderström. ISBN 9789510220443.
  3. ^ a b c Kotivuori, Yrjö. "Anders Tiodolf Saelan. Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640–1852" [Anders Tiodolf Saelan. Student Matriculation 1640–1852]. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. ^ Myllykangas, Mikko (2014). Rappeutuminen, tiedostamaton vai yhteiskunta? Lääketieteellinen itsemurhatutkimus Suomessa vuoteen 1985 [Decay, unconscious or society? Medical suicide research in Finland until 1985] (PhD) (in Finnish). Oulu: University of Oulu. p. 44. ISBN 978-952-62-0445-1.
  5. ^ a b Koskenniemi, Matti; Ravila, Paavp (1966). Otavan Iso tietosanakirja. Encyclopaedia Fennica (in Finnish). Vol. 7. Helsinki: Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 856. OCLC 832620420.
  6. ^ Sommar, Heidi (27 September 2016). "Lapinlahden sairaala – hourujen hoidosta psyyken parantamiseen" [Lapinlahti Hospital – from the treatment of hernias to the improvement of the psyche] (in Finnish). yle. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. ^ "RKY ι Kohdetiedot" (in Finnish). Museovirasto (Finnish Heritage Agenvy). 22 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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