Psychopathia Sexualis: With Especial Reference to Contrary Sexual Instinct : A Clinical-Forensic Study - Softcover

Krafft-Ebing, Richard Von; King, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965032418 ISBN 13: 9780965032414

Publisher: Bloat Books, 1999

Synopsis

Translated from the 12th and final German edition in 1906, a reissue of the 1886 pioneering study in sexology, presenting 238 case histories detailing a wide range of sexual perversion. Also includes an appendix of additional, previously excised case histories; an essay by Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902) on homicidal menstrual psychosis; and an introduction by King. Cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Richard von Krafft-Ebing was director of the Feldhof Asylum near Graz, Austria, and from 1892 until shortly before his death on December 2, 1902, he was the head of the psychiatry department at the University of Vienna.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloat Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965032418
• ISBN 13: 9780965032414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 736