A 29-year-old physician, in order to view corpses that were in various stages of dissection, began to obsess about visiting the pathology department of the medical school/hospital to which he was affiliated. He would fix on this usually after working hours, when his shift at the hospital was completed.
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Kellerman, H. (2008). Gazing at Corpses: A Case of Morbid Compulsion. In: The Psychoanalysis of Symptoms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72248-1_8
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