Leopold Löwenfeld

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Leopold Löwenfeld also Leopold Loewenfeld (born January 23, 1847 in Munich , † December 20, 1923 ) was a German medic. He is considered a pioneer in sexual pathology .

Life

He graduated from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1865 . He completed his medical studies in Munich in 1870 with a doctorate . As a young assistant doctor he took part in the Franco-Prussian War . After the war he established himself as a general practitioner in Binswangen for a short time . From 1872 to 1876 Loewenfeld practiced as a neurologist in Chicago. In 1876 ​​he returned to Munich, where he settled as a doctor for nervous diseases and electrotherapy. In 1881 he submitted the work "Actiology and Pathology of Spontaneous Cerebral Haemorrhages" in order to obtain a private lectureship at the Munich medical faculty . His wish to be able to work as a lecturer and in medical research did not come true, as he was not admitted to the lectureship - presumably due to his Jewish faith . In the following years, Loewenfeld wrote numerous larger and smaller papers, especially in his specialty of nervous diseases.

Works

  • Experimental and critical studies on electrotherapy of the brain. 1881.
  • About claustrophobia and related conditions. 1882.
  • About multiple neuritis. 1882.
  • Studies of the etiology and pathogenesis of spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage. 1886.
  • The modern treatment of nervous weakness, hysteria and related ailments. 1887.
  • Essays on traumatic neurosis, weather neuroses, neurotic anxiety states. 1889.
  • Sex life and nervous disorders. Nervous disorders of a sexual origin. In addition to an appendix on prophylaxis and treatment of sexual neurasthenia. 1899.
  • The hypnotism. Handbook of the theory of hypnosis and suggestion with special consideration of their importance for medicine and the administration of justice. 1901.
  • About the ingenious intellectual activity with special consideration of the genius for the visual arts. 1903.
  • The psychological obsessions. 1904.
  • Hypnosis and art. 1904
  • About mental labor and its hygiene. 1905.
  • About conjugal happiness. Experiences, reflections and advice from a doctor. 1906.
  • Homosexuality and criminal law , Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1907.
  • About stupidity. A look around the area of ​​human inadequacy. 1909.
  • About the sexual constitution and other sexual problems. About the mental constitution. - Eroticism and sensuality. - The libido as a driving force in the spiritual life. 1911.
  • Hypnotism and medicine: outline of the doctrine of hypnosis and suggestion with special consideration of medical practice. 1922.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in: Correspondence sheet of the International Psychoanalytic Association. Vol. 10 (1924), p. 103 ( full text ).
  2. ↑ Annual report on the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1864/65.
  3. ↑ a b Dr. Loewenfeld (Munich). In: CV newspaper. Journal of the Central Association. February 21, 1924 (appeared on his death).
  4. ↑ Isidor Fischer (Ed.): Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of the last fifty years. Vol. 2, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin 1933, p. 934.
personal data
SURNAME Löwenfeld, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loewenfeld, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, pioneer of sexual pathology
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1923