Written in a dense, academic style, Krafft-Ebing originally wrote sexually explicit portions in Latin to discourage lay readers.
Directed by Bret Wood, this independent film dramatizes various case histories from the original book using stylized vignettes. Psychopathia Sexualis
It acted as a crucial precursor to Freud and Kinsey, shifting the view of homosexuality from a "moral vice" to a natural, innate condition. Written in a dense, academic style, Krafft-Ebing originally