19 x 12 cm. 7 pages. Original brochure with cover title. - First edition. This leaflet, printed in a one-time edition of 300 copies by Mänicke & Jahn in Rudolstadt, contains unpublished poems by Gottfried Benn. It is dedicated to the Maximilian Society for its twelfth general meeting on September 26 and 27, 1925, in Frankfurt am Main. "Betäubung" (Anesthesia) is one of the rarest publications by Gottfried Benn and contains the following poems: I: Betäubung (Anesthesia). II: Selbsterreger (Self-excitation). III: Entwurzelungen (Uprooting). IV: Grenzenlos (Limitless). V: Wandering Hour (Wandering Hour). Impeccably preserved. - Lohner/Zenner 1.46. - Wilpert/Gühring 2/12. - Raabe 24/12.