[Is Akinesia algera by Paul Julius Möbius (1891) as a coenästhetic appearance a still up-to-date phenomenon?].
OBJECTIVE
Considering as example Akinesia algera - postulated in 1891 as a disease by Paul Julius Möbius, the relevance for diagnosing body-related mental disturbances will be demonstrated .


METHODS
Relevant original works of Möbius and of some of his well known contemporaries for instance Kraepelin, Binswanger, Erb were explored. The correlation of the described phenomenon to current textbook doctrine has been attempted.


RESULTS
Möbius, case histories, described as Akinesia algera, can be subsumed under the typology of coenästhetic schizophrenia.


CONCLUSIONS
Akinesia algera is by primary source to be evaluated as a coenästhetic symptom and remains in daily practice a diagnostic challenge.
Somburg
Oliver
O
Kinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig. oliver.somburg@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Steinberg
Holger
H
D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D010146:Pain / Q000266:history*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000266:history*