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De philtris, utrum animi hominum his commoueantur nec ne. / Tractatus Johannis Bokelii.
Bökel, Johann, 1535-1605.Date: Anno M. D. IC. [1599]- Books
Los afrodisíacos, en la Amédica pre- y postcolombiana y en la medicina popular actual / por Juan A. Dominguez.
Dominguez, Juan A.Date: [1925]- Books
Rejuvenations and satyricons of yesterday / by Pan. S. Codellas.
Codellas, Pan S.Date: 1934- Books
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Odoratus sexualis : a scientific and literary study of sexual scents and erotic perfumes / Iwan Bloch.
Bloch, Iwan, 1872-1922.Date: 1933- Books
Der Liebeszauber (Philtrum) und sein Zusammenhang mit der Liebeskrankheit in der Medizin besonders des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts / Urs Benno Birchler.
Birchler-Argyros, Urs Benno.Date: 1975- Archives and manuscripts
List of herbs [and other medicines]
Date: c. late 16th century-early 17th centuryReference: MS.8372- Books
Wildest dreams : an anthology of drug-related literature / [edited by] Richard Rudgley.
Date: 1999- Books
Non-operative considerations in ancient Indian surgery : based on Suśruta sam̐hitā, Cikitsā-sthāna, Chapters 24 to 40 / by G.D. Singhal, R.H. Singh & K.P. Shukla ; foreword, E. Van der Elst ; preface, Kaviraj Ashutosh Majumdar.
Singhal, G. D.Date: [1979], ©1979- Books
Testosterone dreams : rejuvenation, aphrodisia, doping / John Hoberman.
Hoberman, John M. (John Milton), 1944-Date: [2005], ©2005- Books
Galen on the secrets of women and on the secrets of men : a contribution to the history of Arabic pharmacology / by Martin Levey and Safwat S. Souryal.
Levey, Martin.Date: 1968- Books
Volkserotik und Pflanzenwelt : eine Darstellung alter wie moderner erotischer und sexueller Gebräuche, Vergleiche, Benennungen, Sprichwörter, Redewendungen, Rätsel, Volkslieder erotischen Zaubers und Aberglaubens, sexueller Heilkunde, die sich auf Pflanzen beziehen / Dr. Aigremont [i.e. Siegmar Baron von Schultze-Galléra].
Schultze-Galléra, Siegmar, Baron von, 1865-1945.Date: [1997], ©1997- Books
Healers of Arnhem Land / John Cawte ; photography by Douglass Baglin ; drawings by Billy Reid.
Cawte, John.Date: 1996- Pictures
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A young man buying a potion (to induce falling in love?) from a street medicine vendor from Molière's play L'amour médecin. Engraving after J.B. Molière.
Molière, 1622-1673.Reference: 21943i- Books
Male & female sexual difficulties and how to safely overcome them.
Date: 1973- Books
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Das Geschlechtsleben in England : mit besonderer Beziehung auf London. 2, Der Einfluss äusserer Faktoren auf das Geschlechtsleben in England / von Eugen Dühren.
Dühren, Eugen, 1872-1922.Date: 1903- Books
Secrets of the mind-altering plants of Mexico / Richard Heffern.
Heffern, RichardDate: 1977- Pictures
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Dr Dulcamara, played by L. Lablache, sells a love philtre to Nemorino played by G. Mario at a country fair. Coloured lithograph by C. Vogt after A. de Valentini.
Valentini, Alexandre de, active 1814.Date: [1835?-1840]Reference: 22168i- Books
Enduring passion : further new contributions to the solution of sex difficulties being the continuation of Married Love / by Marie Carmichael Stopes.
Stopes, Marie Carmichael, 1880-1958Date: 1928- Books
The great patent medicine era, or, Without benefit of doctor / [Adelaide Hechtlinger].
Hechtlinger, Adelaide.Date: [1970]- Digital Images
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Epimedium pubescens Maxim. Berberidaceae. Horny (sic) Goat Weed. Distribution: China. Marketed as an aphrodisiac, with the ability to act like sildenafil and for osteoporosis. Side effects reported include dizziness, dry mouth, vomiting and cardiac irregularity. It is not listed in Wiart (2006) or Wichtl (1994). Its reputation began, apparently, when a Chinese farmer observed increased sexual activity in his goats after they had been eating Epimedium. Given the enormous profits made by medicines such as sildenafil, it is indicative of its therapeutic value that it has not been taken up by a pharmaceutical company. Poor absorption from the gut and lack of information on toxicity may be responsible. It is not licensed for sale in the UK as a Traditional Herbal Remedy (Traditional Herbal Medicines Registration, January 2013) and has not been assessed or approved by the European Medicines Agency's Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Handled cup, China, 18th century
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American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius): flowering stem, root and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: 1 November 1810Reference: 25834i- Digital Images
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Dactylorhiza aff fuchsii Druce ex Soo Orchidaceae Common Spotted orchid. Distribution: Ireland to Mongolia. Roots look like a hand. Coles (1657) calls them Palma Christi sive [or] Satyrion (to distinguish it from Ricinus communis which he calls Palma Christi sive Ricinus. This plant is probably his Female Satyrion and another Dactylorhiza, probably one of the English Marsh orchids, is his Male Satyrion Royal, with purple flowers. In common with Orchis he writes 'The full and plump roots of the Satyrium or Orchis, whereof the Electuary Diasatyrium is made, are of mighty efficacy to provoke to venery, which they that have bulbous roots [meaning the testicle shaped roots of Orchis] do by Signature.'. Terrestrial orchids continue, to be harvested by the millions annually in the Middle East for the production of Salep, including Salep ice cream, because of their mythological aphrodisiacal property. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Dactylorhiza foliosa (Rchb.f.)Soo Orchidaceae Distribution: Madeira. Roots look like a hand and Coles (1657) calls them Palma Christi sive [or] Satyrion (to distinguish it from Ricinus communis which he calls Palma Christi sive Ricinus. This plant would be the closest to his Male Satyrion Royal, with purple flowers (but this is likely to be one of the English Marsh orchids,, and Dactylorhiza fuchsii is his Female Satyrion. In common with Orchis he writes 'The full and plump roots of the Satyrium or Orchis, whereof the Electuary Diasatyrium is made, are of mighty efficacy to provoke to venery, which they that have bulbous roots [meaning the testicle shaped roots of Orchis] do by Signature.'. Terrestrial orchids continue to be harvested by the millions annually in the Middle East for the production of Salep, including Salep ice cream, because of their mythological aphrodisiacal property. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis Rubiaceae. Cape jasmine - as erroneously believed to have come from South Africa. Distribution: China. Named for Dr Alexander Garden FRS (1730-1791) Scottish-born physician and naturalist who lived in Charles Town, South Carolina, and corresponded with Linnaeus and many of the botanists of his era. The fruits are used in China both as a source of a yellow dye, and for various unsubstantiated medicinal uses. Other species of Gardenia are found in tropical Africa and the roots and leaves have all manner of putative uses. Gardenia tenuifolia is used as an aphrodisiac, for rickets, diarrhoea, leprosy, gall bladder problems, toothache, liver complaints, diabetes, hypertension, malaria and abdominal complaints. It causes violent vomiting and diarrhoea. It, and other species, are used to poison arrows and to poison fish. Some native, muthi medicine, healers regard Gardenia as a ‘last chance’ medicine, given to patients when all else fails – the patient either dies or recovers (Neuwinger, 1996). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley