THEPLAGUE OF LUST,BEING A HISTORY OF VENEREAL DISEASEINCLASSICAL ANTIQUITY,and Including:—Detailed Investigations into theCult of Venus, and Phallic Worship, Brothels,theΝοῦσος Θήλεια(Feminine disease) of theScythians, Paederastia, and other SexualPerversions amongst the Ancients,AS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDSTHE EXACT INTERPRETATION OF THEIR WRITINGSBYDr. JULIUS ROSENBAUMTRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH (UNABRIDGED) GERMAN EDITIONBYAN OXFORD M.A.The Second of Two VolumesParisCHARLES CARRINGTONPublisher of Medical, Folk-lore and Historical Works13,Faubourg Montmartre, 13MDCCCCI
BEING A HISTORY OF VENEREAL DISEASEINCLASSICAL ANTIQUITY,
and Including:—Detailed Investigations into theCult of Venus, and Phallic Worship, Brothels,theΝοῦσος Θήλεια(Feminine disease) of theScythians, Paederastia, and other SexualPerversions amongst the Ancients,
AS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDSTHE EXACT INTERPRETATION OF THEIR WRITINGS
BYDr. JULIUS ROSENBAUM
TRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH (UNABRIDGED) GERMAN EDITIONBY
AN OXFORD M.A.
The Second of Two Volumes
ParisCHARLES CARRINGTONPublisher of Medical, Folk-lore and Historical Works13,Faubourg Montmartre, 13MDCCCCI
FIRST SECTION.PageIrrumareand Fellare, (see below)3”Diseases of the “Fellator”28Cunnilingus, (see below)46—Morbus Phoeniceus (Phoenician Disease)52—Diseases of the Cunnilingus64—Mentagra and Lichenes (Tetter of the Chin and other Eruptions)71—Morbus Campanus (Campanian tumour)98Sodomy110Climate115—Influence of Climate onSexual Activity117—Genital Organs120—Maladies of the Genital Organs135—Activity of the Skin142—Leprosy150Genius Epidemicus167—Effect of Weather according to Hippocrates173—Plague of Athens178SECOND SECTION.Influences which hindered to a greater or less degree the inception of Diseases consequent upon Use or Misuse of the Genital Organs.Cleanliness187Depilation191Circumcision198Baths and Bathing207THIRD SECTION.Relation of Physicians towards Diseases consequent upon the Use or Misuse of the Genital Organs.Scarcity of opportunities for Observation224Shame on the part of Patients227Delusions235Mildness of the Disease237Pathology and Therapeutics of Disease239Nomenclature249Gonnorrhoea254Ulcers of the Urethra276Caruncles in the Urethra280Inflammation of the Testicles (Orchitis)283Ulcers of the Genitals286Ulcers of the Anus301Buboes303Exanthema (Eruptions) on the Genitals307Morbid Growths on the Genitals311Recapitulation314Conclusion321Index327
Irrumare: Penem in os alienum inserere, ut sugatur, itaque voluptas quaedam libidinosa paretur; to put the penis into another’s mouth to be sucked—a form of vicious indulgence.Fellare: Penem alienum in os admittere, ibique eo sugere ut voluptas quaedam libidinosa paretur; to allow another’s penis to be put in the mouth and to suck it—the active form of the above vicious practice.Fellator: Is qui pro habitudine fellat; one who practices this vice.Cunnilingus: Qui mulierum pudenda lingit; a man who licks women’s private parts.
Irrumare: Penem in os alienum inserere, ut sugatur, itaque voluptas quaedam libidinosa paretur; to put the penis into another’s mouth to be sucked—a form of vicious indulgence.
Fellare: Penem alienum in os admittere, ibique eo sugere ut voluptas quaedam libidinosa paretur; to allow another’s penis to be put in the mouth and to suck it—the active form of the above vicious practice.
Fellator: Is qui pro habitudine fellat; one who practices this vice.
Cunnilingus: Qui mulierum pudenda lingit; a man who licks women’s private parts.
THE PLAGUE OF LUSTINCLASSICAL ANTIQUITY.