Friedrich Jacobsohn (born 1894) was a German

urologist Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''-logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary system and the reproductive organs. Org ...

and writer on

sex Sex is the biological trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. During sexual reproduction, a male and a female gamete fuse to form a zygote, which develops into an offspring that inheri ...

. Jacobsohn's book ''Geschlechtsleben und sexuelle Hygiene'' (1932) was written with Abraham Buschke, a

dermatologist Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medi ...

and expert on

venereal disease A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, or ...

. Illustrated with some colour plates, it was translated into English, where it went through several editions. Given the different sexual needs of men and women, men were not encouraged to over-extend intercourse after orgasm: they should "enjoy sexual intercourse in normal fashion, without extensive preliminaries, without any attempt at artificial prolongation, but proceeding as quickly as may be to orgasm and ejaculation."''Sex Habits'', p.148. Quoted in Hera Cook, ''The Long Sexual Revolution: English women, sex, and contraception 1800-1975'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, p.204

Works

* (with Abraham Buschke) ''Geschlechtsleben und sexuelle Hygiene'', Berlin und Leipzig: W. de Gruyter & Co., 1932. Translated by Eden and

Cedar Paul Cedar Paul, ''née'' Gertrude Mary Davenport (1880 – 18 March 1972) was a singer, author, translator and journalist.''Who Was Who'' Biography Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the granddaughter of the composer George Ale ...

as ''Introduction to Sexual Hygiene'', London: G. Routledge & Sons, 1932. American edition ''Sex Habits: A vital factor in well-being'', New York: Emerson Books, 1936.

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1894 births Year of death missing German sexologists German urologists {{Germany-med-bio-stub