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The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2) / Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

Chapter 4: Second Part.
By Julius Rosenbaum
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The author surveys sexual practices and the venereal diseases described in classical antiquity, examining terminology and behaviors such as various oral and anal acts. He analyzes clinical descriptions and the pathology of infections—gonorrhea, urethral ulcers, buboes, eruptions and growths—and reviews ancient diagnostic and therapeutic responses. The work evaluates social and environmental influences on disease transmission and presentation, including climate, cleanliness, bathing, circumcision, and the effects of shame and secrecy on observation. Separate sections address cultic and cultural contexts of sexual expression, nomenclature, and the practical obstacles that limited accurate medical recording in antiquity.

THE
PLAGUE OF LUST,

BEING A HISTORY OF VENEREAL DISEASE

IN

CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY,

and Including:—Detailed Investigations into the
Cult of Venus, and Phallic Worship, Brothels,
the Νοῦσος Θήλεια (Feminine disease) of the
Scythians, Paederastia, and other Sexual
Perversions amongst the Ancients,

AS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS

THE EXACT INTERPRETATION OF THEIR WRITINGS

BY
Dr. JULIUS ROSENBAUM

TRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH (UNABRIDGED) GERMAN EDITION

BY

AN OXFORD M.A.

The Second of Two Volumes

Paris
CHARLES CARRINGTON
Publisher of Medical, Folk-lore and Historical Works
13, Faubourg Montmartre, 13
MDCCCCI

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

FIRST SECTION.
Page
Irrumare and Fellare, (see below) 3
” Diseases of the “Fellator” 28
Cunnilingus, (see below) 46
— Morbus Phoeniceus (Phoenician Disease) 52
— Diseases of the Cunnilingus 64
— Mentagra and Lichenes (Tetter of the Chin and other Eruptions) 71
— Morbus Campanus (Campanian tumour) 98
Sodomy 110
Climate 115
— Influence of Climate on Sexual Activity 117
— Genital Organs 120
— Maladies of the Genital Organs 135
— Activity of the Skin 142
— Leprosy 150
Genius Epidemicus 167
— Effect of Weather according to Hippocrates 173
— Plague of Athens 178
SECOND SECTION.
Influences which hindered to a greater or less degree the inception of Diseases consequent upon Use or Misuse of the Genital Organs.
Cleanliness 187
Depilation 191
Circumcision 198
Baths and Bathing 207
THIRD SECTION.
Relation of Physicians towards Diseases consequent upon the Use or Misuse of the Genital Organs.
Scarcity of opportunities for Observation 224
Shame on the part of Patients 227
Delusions 235
Mildness of the Disease 237
Pathology and Therapeutics of Disease 239
Nomenclature 249
Gonnorrhoea 254
Ulcers of the Urethra 276
Caruncles in the Urethra 280
Inflammation of the Testicles (Orchitis) 283
Ulcers of the Genitals 286
Ulcers of the Anus 301
Buboes 303
Exanthema (Eruptions) on the Genitals 307
Morbid Growths on the Genitals 311
Recapitulation 314
Conclusion 321
Index 327

DEFINITIONS.

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 LUST
IN
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY.

Second Part.