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Harry Benjamin’s First Ten Cases 1938–1953: Historical Influences

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On 24 August 1986, our dear colleague Harry Benjamin died at the age of 101 1/2. For all of his patients, he was concurrently an endocrinologist, a counselor, a psychiatrist, a referral service, and even an inspirer of networks. It would seem not too soon to begin to evaluate the formidable legacy which he left us.

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  • Benjamin H (1966) The transsexual phenomenon. Warner, New York

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Wheeler, C.C., Schaefer, L.C. (1988). Harry Benjamin’s First Ten Cases 1938–1953: Historical Influences. In: Eicher, W., Kokott, G., Vogt, HJ., Herms, V., Wille, R. (eds) Sexology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73794-7_26

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