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Isidor Isaak Sadger
1867 – 1942
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryIsidor Isaak Sadger, born in Neu Sandez, Galicia, was a forensic medical doctor and psychoanalyst in Vienna. A leader in the early development of psychoanalysis, he began his career as a neurological specialist and, in 1894, began publishing a series of articles on psychophysiology. He studied with Sigmund Freud from 1895 to 1904 with a concentration in homosexuality and fetishism and coined the term Sadomasochismus (sadomasochism) in 1913.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 29, 1867
Nowy Sącz
Date of death
December 21, 1942
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Citizenship
Austria–Hungary · Austria
Occupations & fields
psychoanalystjournalistpsychiatristphysicianmedical examinerneurologist
- Field and occupation
- rakouský sexulog
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