The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical AntiquityRosenbaum, Julius
History
The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity
Rosenbaum, Julius
Sexually transmitted diseases -- History
_Prepuce_, ulcers, II. 293,
rhagades (chapped sores), II. 293,
thymus (warty excrescence), II. 311.
_Priapism_, II. 136.
_Priapus_, 43,
lover of gardens, 47, II. 215,
made of fig-wood, 195,
red, II. 57,
used to rupture the hymen, 24, 26, 51,
possesses fructifying virtues, 26,
sufferers from complaints of the genitals pray to him, 50.
_Priests_ undertake the deflowering of virgins, 47.
_Prophylactics_ against Bubo, II. 307,
against Gonorrhœa, II. 307.
_Propotides_ punished by Venus, 156.
_Prostitute-keepers_ (Whoremasters) at Athens, 72,
under supervision of the Ædiles, 107,
considered infamous, 98.
_Prostitutes’ fees_ fixed by the Agoranomi at Athens, 73,
at Rome, 94.
_Prostitution-tax_ at Athens, 74,
leased out by the Magistrate at Athens, 75,
at Rome, 107,
at Byzantium, 107,
paid by Pathics, 107, 126, 231,
by the Priests of Cybelé, 231.
_Prostitution-tax_, farmers of—at Athens, 75.
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_Rhagades_ (chapped sores) of the posteriors, 127,
of the female genitals, II. 298,
of the prepuce, II. 293.
_Rhinocolura_, Colony of II. 24.
_Rome_, Baths at, II. 220,
Brothels, 88,
Cult of Priapus, 43,
Cult of Venus, 33,
Inns, 98,
Isis-worship, 103,
Mania for kissing, II. 88,
Mentagra (Tetter of the Chin), II. 71,
Paederastia, 123,
Prostitution-tax, 107.
_Roseola_ in gonorrhœal patients, II. 143.
S.
_Satyriasis_, II. 255,
common in Crete, 127.
_Scabies_ (Itch), II. 69, II. 162.
_Scythians_, νοῦσος θήλεια (feminine disease) of the, 144,
men-women, 240.
_Shamefacedness_ of patients, II. 235.
_Skin_, reaction of the—in affections of the genital
organs, II. 141, II. 153, II. 159.
_Skin-diseases_, infectious in Venereal disease, II. 165.
_Smell_, foul—from the mouth of Pathics, 142,
of Fellators, II. 30.
_Snakes_ used for vicious purposes, II. 113.
_Sneeze_ betrays the Cinaedus, 171.
_Sodomy_, II. 110,
with he-goats, II. 113,
with asses, II. 114,
with snakes, II. 113.
_Suicide_ due to ulcers of genital organs, II. 42,
to ulcers of the neck, II. 40.
_Sycosis_ of the Chin, II. 81.
_Syringe_, Matrix or Injecting, II. 300.
T.
_Tarsus_, frequency of paederastia there, 139.
_Testicles_, inflammation of, II. 282,
ulcers, II. 285,
induration, II. 285.
_Tetter_ of the chin (Mentagra), II. 71,
subject to epidemic influence, II. 100,
changes into Lepra and Psora, II. 72.
_Throat, Ulcers of the_—among fellators, II. 14, II. 34.
_Thymus_ (warty excrescence) on the genital organs, II. 311.
_Tiberius_, sickness of, II. 92.
_Tongue_, Paralysis of the—due to the practices of Cunnilingue, II. 66.
_Tribads_, artificial, 161.
_Typhus_, influence on Venereal disease, II. 182.
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