"No discussions about discharge of semen!" : The wild life of the urologist Felix Schlagintweit (1868-1950)

Abstract

Felix Schlagintweit worked in amedical clinic, was co-owner of asanatorium, had aprivate practice and wrote fictional books. He massively improved diagnostic methods (e.g., cystoscope) and was interested in psychoanalysis. He rejected the effectiveness of surgical treatment alone and also sole use of psychosomatics. In his view, conservative treatment options were often at least as effective. Because Schlagintweit refused to take part in national socialism, he was purged from professional discourse after 1933 and was only later were his contributions to the history of urology rediscovered.