Sexual anomalies : the origins, nature and treatment of sexual disorders. A summary of the works of Magnus Hirschfeld, comp. as a humble memorial by his pupils. A textbook for the medical and legal professions, ministers, educators, psychologists, biologists, sociologists and social workers, criminologists and students in these fields.

  • Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1868-1935.
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[1948]
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Credit: Sexual anomalies : the origins, nature and treatment of sexual disorders. A summary of the works of Magnus Hirschfeld, comp. as a humble memorial by his pupils. A textbook for the medical and legal professions, ministers, educators, psychologists, biologists, sociologists and social workers, criminologists and students in these fields. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MAGNUS HIRSCHFELD, M.D. Dr. Hirschfeld, after extensive preparation at five universities, and several years of general practice, became one of the first physicians to specialize in psychosexual diseases. In 1918 he founded the famous Institute of Sexual Science in Berlin, which was shortly thereafter taken over by the government as the Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation. In succeeding years the Institute was visited for research and study by thousands of physicians and scientists from all over the world. In connection with the Institute, Dr. Hirschfeld set up the first German Marriage Con¬ sultation Bureau, which became the pattern for similar institu¬ tions in many other countries. In addition to his other activities, Dr. Hirschfeld was a medico- criminal expert of note, specializing in cases that involved aber¬ rations of the sexual instinct. [For a fuller biography of Dr. Hirschfeld, please turn to the Foreword, beginning on page vii. ]