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Psychopathia sexualis: With especial reference to contrary sexual instinct / A medico-legal study

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By R. von Krafft-Ebing
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The work presents a medico-legal survey of sexual psychopathology, classifying a wide range of sexual deviations and abnormal behaviors and illustrating them with clinical case histories and juridical analyses. It evaluates possible causes including heredity, developmental, neurological, and psychological factors; discusses diagnostic criteria; and examines criminal responsibility, legal consequences, and treatment considerations. The author combines clinical observation with comparative literature review, sometimes employing technical terminology and clinical excerpts for precision, and aims to guide physicians and jurists in understanding, assessing, and adjudicating sexual anomalies.

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Title: Psychopathia sexualis: With especial reference to contrary sexual instinct

Author: R. von Krafft-Ebing

Translator: Charles Gilbert Chaddock

Release date: March 26, 2021 [eBook #64931]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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Psychopathia Sexualis,
WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO
Contrary Sexual Instinct:
A MEDICO-LEGAL STUDY.

By Dr. R. von KRAFFT-EBING,
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Vienna.
AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION
OF THE
SEVENTH ENLARGED AND REVISED GERMAN EDITION,
BY
CHARLES GILBERT CHADDOCK, M.D.,
Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Marion-Sims College of Medicine, St. Louis; Fellow of the Chicago Academy of Medicine; Corresponding Member of the Detroit Academy of Medicine; Associate Member of the American Medico-Psychological Association, etc.
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON:
THE F. A. DAVIS CO., PUBLISHERS.
1893.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1892, by
THE F. A. DAVIS COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C., U. S. A.
All rights reserved.
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A.:
The Medical Bulletin Printing House,
1916 Cherry Street.