L’impuissance sexuelle au cabinet du Docteur Bourguignon (1924-1953)
As a leading figure in the fields of neurophysiology and electrodiagnostic during the first half of the 20th century in France, Dr Georges Bourguignon treated a hundred men for sexual impotence at his private practice between 1924 and 1953. He measured the reaction time of the vestibular nerve as a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Histoire, Médecine et Santé |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/hms/2791 |
| Summary: | As a leading figure in the fields of neurophysiology and electrodiagnostic during the first half of the 20th century in France, Dr Georges Bourguignon treated a hundred men for sexual impotence at his private practice between 1924 and 1953. He measured the reaction time of the vestibular nerve as a diagnostic tool to distinguish psychogenic from somatic and hormonal causes of impotence. Based on the analysis of these patient files, this article explores the construction of sexual impotence as a medical problem in Bourguignon’s clinic, produced by both the physician and his patients. |
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| ISSN: | 2263-8911 2557-2113 |