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Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and nobleman (1840–1902)

Also known as: Psychopathia Sexualis, Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, Рихард фон Крафт-Эбинг, ريتشارد فون كرافت إيبنج, リヒャルト・フォン・クラフト＝エビング, 理察·克拉夫特·埃賓

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Known works

Psychopathia sexualis (1886)
Lehrbuch der gerichtlichen psychopathologie (1881)
Lehrbuch der psychiatrie auf klinischer grundlage für praktische ärzte und studirende (1888)
Der klinische Unterricht in der Psychiatrie (1890)
Der Conträsexuale vor dem Strafrichter: De Sodomia ratione Sexus Punienda ...