Author: ROSENBAUM, Julius.
Title: Die Lustseuche im Alterthume, für Aerzte und Alterthumsforscher dargestellt.
Description: 1839 XVI, 464 pp. 8vo. Contemp. boards (rubbed, spine cover gone). Halle, J. F. Lippert, 1839. "Geschichte der Lustseuche", part I. First edition of this history of venereal diseases in antiquity by Julius Rosenbaum (1807-1874), general practitioner and lecturer at Halle. The work also offers information on ancient customs such as the cults of Venus or the phallus, it considers hygienic influences, and the positions taken by physicians in antiquity on sexually transmitted diseases. It was published repeatedly and translated into French and English. - Somewhat browned, name on front pastedown, corner of flyleaf cut off, stamp on lower pastedown. - Hirsch V, p. 83; Garrison/Morton 2421; Gay/Lemonnyer II, 924 ("ouvrage d'une grande érudition"); cf. Osler 6413 (4th ed. 1888); Wellcome IV, p. 557 (2nd ed. 1845). Not in Lesky. SCIENCE: MEDICINE ;

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