1639 MEIBOM, Johann Heinrich (1590 – 1655)

De flagrorum usu in re veneria et lumborum renumque officio, epistola.

According to Havelock Ellis, Studies in the psychology of sex (1913) this is the earliest published work on flogging in "medicine" and for sexual gratification, giving accounts of a number of examples. "David Savran d…

GMN 11588 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13787

1890 KRAFFT-EBING, Richard Freiherr von (1840 – 1902)

Neue Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der Psychopathia sexualis. Ein medicinisch-psychologische Studie.

Among other things, Krafft-Ebing introduced the terms sadism and masochism in this work. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

GMN 13386 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15657