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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Vénus et Mercure.

Publication Details

Paris: Editions de la Vie Moderne, 1931 CE.

"Chapter by Pierre Najac, “L’Institut de science sexuelle à Berlin”; includes numerous illustrations from the archives of Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin, as well as Najac’s eyewitness description of the vaginoplasty surgery performed on Rudolf Z./Dorchen Richter, the second recipient of male-to-female gender confirmation surgery under the auspices of the institute" (Gerald Koskovich).

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Entry Number#13378
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15649
External URLvnus-et-mercure

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris

Mentioned in annotation: Berlin