Koro (Genital Retraction): Early Mention in 1849 by Carl Wilhelm Maurus Schmidtmüller and Early Psychiatric Verdict in 1883 by E.A. Aldridge.

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Title: Koro (Genital Retraction): Early Mention in 1849 by Carl Wilhelm Maurus Schmidtmüller and Early Psychiatric Verdict in 1883 by E.A. Aldridge.
Authors: Janssen, Diederik F. (AUTHOR)
Source: Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry. Mar2025, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p392-395. 4p.
Subjects: Penis, Verdicts, Syndromes
Abstract: This short historical note dates the earliest ethnomedical reference to koro back to the 1840s (about a half-century earlier than universally presumed), and the earliest ethnopsychiatric reference to 1883 (over a decade earlier than universally presumed) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This short historical note dates the earliest ethnomedical reference to koro back to the 1840s (about a half-century earlier than universally presumed), and the earliest ethnopsychiatric reference to 1883 (over a decade earlier than universally presumed) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:0165005X
DOI:10.1007/s11013-024-09895-z