Psychopathia Sexualis (Kaan book)

Not to be confused with Psychopathia Sexualis (Richard von Krafft-Ebing book).

Psychopathia Sexualis (Latin for Psychopathies of Sexuality) is a book written in 1844 by the Russian physician Heinrich Kaan. In this work, Kaan transformed and reinterpreted the Christian sexual sins (homosexuality, masturbation etc.) as mental diseases. An English translation appeared in 2016.^[1]

Contemporary reviews were written by Maximilian von Heine,^[2] Heinrich Ellinger^[3] and Gustav Blumröder.^[4]

In 1861, Kaan published a continuation to his book in an article titled "Psychiatrische Skizzen" [Psychiatric Sketches].^[5]

References

1. Heinrich Kaan's "Psychopathia sexualis" (1844). A classic text in the history of sexuality. Edited by Benjamin Kahan, translated by Melissa Haynes. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
2. Medizinische Zeitung Russlands, No. 35, September 1844, p. 280
3. Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie und psychisch-gerichtliche Medicin, Zweiter Band, 1845, pp. 685-699
4. Jahrbücher der in- und ausländischen gesammten Medicin, Bd. 45, 1845, pp. 352-353
5. Homöopathische Vierteljahrschrift, 1861, 12. Band, pp. 81-99

External links

• Henrico Kaan, Psychopathia Sexualis. Lipsiae, Apud Leopoldum Voss, 1844 Original Latin text